BIB_ID
314310
Accession number
MA 1953.33
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1827 Nov. 30].
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.1 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.
Recipient and location and date of writing from penciled annotation, contents of the letter, and the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2955).
The lower portion of the page, including the closure and signature, has been cut away. The date, closure and signature have been transcribed in pencil at the top of the page.
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.
Recipient and location and date of writing from penciled annotation, contents of the letter, and the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2955).
The lower portion of the page, including the closure and signature, has been cut away. The date, closure and signature have been transcribed in pencil at the top of the page.
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
Summary
Regarding an attempt by a creditor to obtain payment and Scott's need to seek protection from the Law, remarking that "Messrs. Abud's letter directing the extremities or diligence to be used against me lays me under the very unpleasing necessity of applying for the protection which the Law affords those who are willing but not able to pay their engagements." Recalling that "it was perfectly understood by all who entered into the late trust that I was to be left unmolested on condition of making such exertions as were in my power for extrication of these affairs."
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