Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, 1810 Oct. 15.

Record ID: 
310786
Accession number: 
MA 427.33
Author: 
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description: 
1 item (5 p., with address) ; 19.7 and 25 cm
Notes: 

Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed to "The most Noble / Marchioness of Abercorn."
Docketed.
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to Lady Anne Jane Hamilton, Marchioness of Abercorn. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.

Summary: 

Sending a copy of The Lady of the Lake; discussing fiorin grass; responding that he must continue to edit works because if he deditcated his time exclusively to writing poetry the Public would soon tire of him; reporting that Leyden is doing well in India; referencing Lady Hamilton's impending confinement; resolving not to write anything serious for a year or two; suggesting she read the Edinburgh Annual Register.

Provenance: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in 1909.