BIB_ID
314278
Accession number
MA 1953.28
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1827] Sept. 19.
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to "John Gibson Esq Junr / W.S. / South Charlotte Street / Edinr."
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.
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
Fixing an appointment for the following Tuesday and hoping that they will "have this disagreeable business put an end to."
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