Autograph letter signed : Laswade Cottage, near Edinburgh, to George Ellis, 1803 Sept. 14.

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Autograph letter signed : Laswade Cottage, near Edinburgh, to George Ellis, 1803 Sept. 14.

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Suggesting that Ellis research the "history of the valiant Moor of Moorhall and the Dragon of Wantley" while he is visiting Yorkshire; concerning the age of the romance of "Sir Tristem" and discussing Thomas the Rhymer's life and possible date of death; suggesting that Thomas the Rhymer possibly composed the romance when he was in "his prime of life," around 1260. Referencing the Mabinogion, which Ellis had contemplated editing, and mentioning mutual acquaintances and his own work.

1 item (4 p., with address) ; 23 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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