Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to Charles Arbuthnot, [1811] Mar. 4.

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Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to Charles Arbuthnot, [1811] Mar. 4.

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Concerning Mr. Home's refusal to apply for the superannuation pension; reporting that Lord Melville is trying to convince him to accept it; noting that if Scott were to give up his own post, Home would be obliged to do so as well.

1 item (5 p., with address) ; 19.7 and 25.5 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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