Autograph letter signed from Walter Scott, Edinburgh, to Octavius Gilchrist, Stamford [manuscript], 1808 June 9.

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Autograph letter signed from Walter Scott, Edinburgh, to Octavius Gilchrist, Stamford [manuscript], 1808 June 9.

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Scott indicates that, while he has considered Beaumont and Fletcher a great deal, he cannot think of interfering with Gilchrist's edition. Thanks him for a pamphlet on the Jonsonian controversy, yet he fears "there was some discension between him and Shakespeare." Year of letter based on postmark.

2 leaves ; 25 x 20 cm.

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