Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, 1814 Nov. 22.

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Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, 1814 Nov. 22.

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Apologizing for his silence, saying that it "would have been long since broken had it been either easy or useful to write up occurrences which have since happened & in which your Ladyship will not doubt my deep & sincere sympathy;" saying that his own life "has been drained away as usual in business literary labour & lounging about;" describing a trip he took that summer to the Orkneys, western Islands, and coast of Ireland, regretting only that they did not make it to St.Kilda; reporting that this trip was primarily for collecting materials to improve a poem he has long been working on called the Lord of the Isles; noting that he has finished his work on Swift and regretting that he was unable to send her a copy; mentioning the general improvement to Abbotsford.

1 item (3 p., with address) ; 25 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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