BIB_ID
368473
Accession number
MA 432.15
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1825 Aug. 28.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Addressed to "John Gibson Esq. / W.S. / So. Charlotte Street / Edin."
Docketed.
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 postmark and trace of a seal.
Docketed.
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 postmark and trace of a seal.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of his "kind letters upon the subject of Mrs. Stewart's business"; writing that he cannot "suffer her to be bankrupt and become exposed to all the consequences"; observing that "widows & orphans [are a] very sacred sort of folks with [him]"; discussing financial matters and possible ways of assisting Mrs. Stewart.
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