BIB_ID
314239
Accession number
MA 1953.14
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
"Saturday evening" [1826 May].
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed simply to "John Gibson Esq Junior / W.S."
Docketed.
John Gibson was a Scottish Writer to the Signet and trustee of Sir Walter Scott's estate following the insolvency of 1826; he was Deputy-Keeper of the Great Seal (1853-58).
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott primarily to John Gibson. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Recipient and date of writing from docket and the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 8866).
Written from "North St. Davids Street No. 5."
Docketed.
John Gibson was a Scottish Writer to the Signet and trustee of Sir Walter Scott's estate following the insolvency of 1826; he was Deputy-Keeper of the Great Seal (1853-58).
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott primarily to John Gibson. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Recipient and date of writing from docket and the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 8866).
Written from "North St. Davids Street No. 5."
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
Summary
Regarding the dismissal of the gardener; discussing his financial affairs and the payment of debts.
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