Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to George Ellis, Monday [1808 Oct.-Dec.].

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Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to George Ellis, Monday [1808 Oct.-Dec.].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741692892

Concerning the establishment of a London-based review to counter the Edinburgh Review; reporting a conversation Scott had with Lord Jeffrey (the editor of the Edinburgh Review), noting that Jeffrey "has no suspicion of the Review whatever."

1 item (4 p.) ; 19.4 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8114086

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