BIB_ID
314325
Accession number
MA 1953.36
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1827 Dec. 21.
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.9 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 identified in the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2983).
Written from 6, Shandwick Place.
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 identified in the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2983).
Written from 6, Shandwick Place.
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
Summary
Discussing at length Cadell's proposal "of the time and mode of applying the payment" for the second series of his Chronicles of the Canongate (The Fair Maid of Perth).
Catalog link
Department