Scope and Contents Autograph Letter signed by Walter Scott to John Gibson, dated 27 December 1827. Gibson was Scott's lawyer who handled all of the writer's dealing with his trustees after the financial crash of 1825/26. Transcript: " My Dear Sir, I conclude you have a copy of the enclosed but send you the original as it seems to settle our claim to one class of the novels if the Bonds are not paid See page 4. All the good wishes of the season to you and yours I am always yours Walter Scott" Also includes an...

Scope and Contents Autograph letter to 'My Dear Eliza', from Edinburgh, 22 November 1827, signed 'your faithful & obliged friend Walter Scott'. 17 lines on first page only of folded 4to leaf, with integral address leaf. Not listed in the Millgate Union Catalogue of Walter Scott Correspondence. A brief playful letter to Eliza Scott, in which Walter acknowledges receipt of an 'elegant pouch' and owns to feeling 'a little flattered by the distinction it confers'. He tells his correspondent 'I must certainly...

Scope and Contents This is an autograph formal letter in the third eprson from Walter Scott to an illegible correspondent, possibly Mr Hurst. Abbotsford, undated, Sunday evening, ca 1814.The letter is sending "a small volume of rare tracts which must be taken great care of, the first to be copied is of "the present Miserable State of Ireland". The introduction is on paper aparte as laid in at the place. Mr Scott's servant returns to Abbotsford on Wednesday &...

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Signed autograph letter from Sir Walter Scott to sculptor Sir Francis Chantrey, in which he makes arrangements for a short sitting with Chantrey before lunching with Lady Frances Shelley.