Autograph letter Signed : Edinburgh, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1816] Nov. 29.

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Autograph letter Signed : Edinburgh, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1816] Nov. 29.

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Saying that he sent her four volumes of a novel that he is "strongly inclined to swear are the production of the unknown author of Guy Mannering" and musing on potential authors; inferring that she has read Lord Byron's new poem, and praising him as "a person of most wonderful powers;" reporting that he has been living quietly at home all summer, "working hard at planting and improving my little property."

1 item (3 p.) ; 25 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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