BIB_ID
314478
Accession number
MA 1953.63
Creator
Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854.
Display Date
1827 Sept. 19.
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 23 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "John Gibson (Junior) Esq / W.S. / Princes Street / Edinburgh." Marked "Private."
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).
Marked "Private."
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.
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).
Marked "Private."
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.
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
Summary
Enclosing a letter from his brother-in-law Captain [Walter] Scott; discussing the Smiths, who were the architects and masons employed at Abbotsford, an noting that he has referred Captain Scott to Gibson about the matter; saying that he will assist Gibson in the matter if necessary, but remarking that "you will easily perceive that it will be painful for me to converse on any such subjects to Sir Walter Scott and therefore I ask you to spare me if you can."
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