BIB_ID
368618
Accession number
MA 432.32
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
"Monday" [1822?].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 21.7 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.
Probable recipient and year from the contents of the letter; William Atkinson was the London architect who planned Abbotsford.
Probable recipient and year from the contents of the letter; William Atkinson was the London architect who planned Abbotsford.
Summary
Asking for his advice about work being done on Abbotsford; wondering whether he is "disposed to take an apprentice & on what terms"; recommending a boy of "lively talents & good disposition" for such an apprenticeship.
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