BIB_ID
314367
Accession number
MA 1953.47
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
"Saturday" [1826].
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 19 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to "John Gibson Esq Junior / W.S."
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).
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
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.
Possible year of writing identified in the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 9028).
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).
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
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.
Possible year of writing identified in the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 9028).
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
Summary
Suggesting that to arrange their business with Mr. Cowan, he should call on Scott alone "as he will be more communicative than if we were two to one" and offering to call on Gibson after the interview if he will be at home in Charlotte Street.
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