BIB_ID
368598
Accession number
MA 432.30
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1819] Aug. 22.
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Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 25.5 cm
Notes
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.
The year is based on the contents of the letter.
The year is based on the contents of the letter.
Summary
Apologizing because his son Walter did not have time to visit Richardson during his trip to London; complaining about the cost of outfitting his son as "a young officer of the hussars"; explaining that he did not come to London because his "last attack was of so dreadful a nature" that he wishes "to be quite insured against another ... before leaving home for any length of time"; sending a drawing of his arms, an impression of his seal, and a "small note of [his] descent by [his] father and paternal grandfather"; also sending a "copy of the Haliburton MS." and "a copy of a little amateur book Carey's poems" (none of these enclosed items is still with this letter).
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