BIB_ID
314268
Accession number
MA 1953.26
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
"Sunday" [1826 Jan. 8].
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and simply addressed to "Mr. Ballantyne."
Date of writing from the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2641).
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.
Date of writing from the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2641).
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.
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
Summary
Referring to financial affairs stabilizing and remarking that "no man could have been a stouter and better helmsman than you;" saying he is "sorry for Constable's absurdities" but remarking that he and Cadell will not part because "it is too good a business." Discussing his health, noting that a recent treatment was the cause of some inaccuracies in a recent copy "for one day I could neither write nor spell;" returning the proofs for Woodstock, hoping they "will not smack of the Apoplexy."
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