Autograph letter signed : Ashestiel [near Melrose], to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1809] Sept. 14.

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Autograph letter signed : Ashestiel [near Melrose], to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1809] Sept. 14.

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Regretting that his visit to the Highlands prevented him from receiving her "token of remembrance;" describing Sir William Scott's reaction on learning about the sudden death of his wife; reporting that his wife is assembling a collection of flower-roots to send to the Marchioness; referencing Lord Hamilton's recent illness; stating that he has begun "threading verses together with what success I am as yet uncertain," and regretting that he is not "very good or patient in slow and careful composition;" musing on the whereabouts of two letters he sent that she never received; reporting that he saw the Princess several times while he was in London and discussing the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Gordon, and other mutual acquaintances.

1 item (5 p., with address) ; 25 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8120512

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