BIB_ID
314244
Accession number
MA 1953.19
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1826] July 28.
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
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.
Written on partial mourning paper.
Year of writing from docket and recipient identified in the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2783).
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.
Written on partial mourning paper.
Year of writing from docket and recipient identified in the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2783).
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
Summary
Returning som letters and thanking him for dealing with Messrs. Jollie & Ponypenny, remarking that Gibson's actions have prevented Scott from "getting into an awkward scrape;" discussing a possible trip to London in October to examine some papers in the foreign office and remarking that they must decide whether to delay the publication of his work on Bonaparte or "dispense with the materials in question."
Catalog link
Department