BIB_ID
314242
Accession number
MA 1953.17
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1826 June].
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed simply to "John Gibson Esq."
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).
Location and year of writing from docket and the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 8867).
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.
The lower third of the page, including the closure and signature, has been cut away.
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).
Location and year of writing from docket and the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 8867).
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.
The lower third of the page, including the closure and signature, has been cut away.
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
Summary
Enclosing a receipt which will be payable on the 21st; discussing the payment of annuities, noting that "the other may be paid by the Trustees for me."
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