BIB_ID
368624
Accession number
MA 432.34
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
"Friday" [1798-1826?].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 20.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Miss Crumpe / &c &c / Duke Street."
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 letter is written from Castle Street; Scott lived on Castle Street from 1798 until the financial crisis in 1826.
With seal.
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 letter is written from Castle Street; Scott lived on Castle Street from 1798 until the financial crisis in 1826.
With seal.
Summary
Telling her that the "necessary duty of [his] official situation will detain [him] both tomorrow and Saturday from the pleasure of attending [her] to the Museum"; saying that he will be her escort if she has not found another guide "before [his] return in the middle of January."
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