Autograph letter : Edinburgh, to John Gibson, [1825] July 1 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Concerning accounts, remarking that he has asked Ballantyne to pay Gibson £607 as soon as he has settled with Constable, noting that this will cover Scott's balance owed to Gibson (from accounts drawn by Baillie and his son Walter); sending Mrs. Burns's address

Manuscript, English, 1825

Publication:Sir Walter Scott Letters to John Gibson (MA 1953)

Physical Description:1 item (1 page, with address) ; 26 cm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:761212382

Notes:

The closure and signature have been cut away

Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed to "John Gibson Junior / Esqre W.S."

Docketed

Year of writing from docket and from the Millgate Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 2531)

John Gibson was a Scottish Writer to the Signet and trustee of Sir Walter Scott's estate following the insolvency of 1826; he was Deputy-Keeper of the Great Seal (1853-58)

Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott primarily to John Gibson. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information