BIB_ID
368152
Accession number
MA 432.1
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1797 Aug. 17.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Robert Davidson / Esq. / Advocate / Glasgow."
Endorsed; probable place of writing is from endorsement.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott, members of his family, and his biographer, John Gibson Lockhart. Items are described in individual records; see MA 432 for more details.
Watermark: hunting horn within a cartouche surmounted by a crown; initials "G.R." below
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Endorsed; probable place of writing is from endorsement.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott, members of his family, and his biographer, John Gibson Lockhart. Items are described in individual records; see MA 432 for more details.
Watermark: hunting horn within a cartouche surmounted by a crown; initials "G.R." below
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Summary
Informing him that he will not be able to help him obtain a position; telling him that he will be "very happy" to show his "sense of [Davidson's] friendship" upon "every other occasion"; noting that he is "just setting out for the Lakes of Cumberland."
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