BIB_ID
314297
Accession number
MA 1953.31
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1827 Oct. 10.
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed to "John Gibson Junior Esq. / W.S. / [illeg.]." Three lines of address have been canceled and are illegible.
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
Alluding to an incident with Mr. Walter Dickson, asking Gibson to assure him that Scott has "no remaining feelings on the subject although I was certainly hurt at the time;" saying that "the Scroll of Mr. Cadell's bargain is quite right and very distinctly drawn up;" mentioning that the Kirkness affairs are reasonably settled; returning some receipts and papers.
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