BIB_ID
314467
Accession number
MA 1953.61
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1811-1814].
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 31.9 cm
Notes
Docketed "Cottage Abbotsford."
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.
Scott entered into negotiations with Dr. Douglas to purchase Newarthaugh (later Abbotsford) in 1811 and he arranged to take possession of the property on 15 May 1812. At the time of the purchase, the farm had only a five-room cottage and improvements were not begun until 1814.
Watermark: 1810.
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.
Scott entered into negotiations with Dr. Douglas to purchase Newarthaugh (later Abbotsford) in 1811 and he arranged to take possession of the property on 15 May 1812. At the time of the purchase, the farm had only a five-room cottage and improvements were not begun until 1814.
Watermark: 1810.
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
Summary
Describing in detail the type of cottage he would wish to have built on the banks of the Tweed, listing the number of rooms, the type of roof, and the stone to be used in such a plan.
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