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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Shandwick Place [Edinburgh], to an unidentified lord, "Monday" [1830 Mar. or later?].

BIB_ID
368641
Accession number
MA 432.37
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
"Monday" [1830 Mar. or later?].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 12.9 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.
Scott lived at Shandwick Place from late 1827 until 1830.
Scott's son Charles became a member of the Athenaeum in Mar. 1830, so this letter must have been written in or after Mar. 1830.
Summary
Discussing an upcoming vote at the Athenaeum; mentioning that his son Charles Scott is also a member of the Athenaeum.