Autograph letter signed : [Laswade Cottage, near Edinburgh], to George Ellis, 1803 Oct. 14.

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Autograph letter signed : [Laswade Cottage, near Edinburgh], to George Ellis, 1803 Oct. 14.

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Concerning the dragon romance, suggesting that "some jocular bard probably about James VIth's time" wrote the it based on the ancient romance; mentioning a ballad from his Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border; hoping that Ellis will one day be able to visit Scotland; discussing the militia situation in Edinburgh; reporting that "poor Ritson is no more" and wondering to whom his papers were bequeathed, noting that they would be very interesting to Scott.

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

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

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Ellis, George, 1753-1815

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