BIB_ID
368450
Accession number
MA 432.9
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
"Thursday Evening" [1816 Dec. 19].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope is addressed to "Captain D'Este."
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.
With an autograph note from Captain D'Este at the top of the page explaining the circumstances under which Sir Walter Scott wrote to him; date is taken from Captain D'Este's note.
With seal.
Written in the third person.
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.
With an autograph note from Captain D'Este at the top of the page explaining the circumstances under which Sir Walter Scott wrote to him; date is taken from Captain D'Este's note.
With seal.
Written in the third person.
Summary
Presenting him with an "old tatterd target."
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