BIB_ID
314327
Accession number
MA 1953.37
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1827] Dec. 22.
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to "John Gibson Esq Junior / W.S."
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.
Written from Shandwick Place.
Year of writing identified in the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2985).
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.
Written from Shandwick Place.
Year of writing identified in the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2985).
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
Summary
Discussing publishing matters regarding Robert Cadell, remarking that they should inform him "of any advantages which we may allow him;" discussing his preference for publishing a novel over poetry, noting that it is not as sure to turn a profit.
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