Autograph letter signed : "Melville Castle" [near Dalkeith], to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1818] Sept. 10

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Autograph letter signed : "Melville Castle" [near Dalkeith], to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1818] Sept. 10

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Saying that he received her letter during his return to Abbotsford from a three-week journey, noting that he spent a week with the Duke of Buccleuch, a few days with Morritt, and had breakfast one day with the Bishop of Durham; mentioning that he has had several visitors since his return and has just come up to visit Lord and Lady Melville for a few days; rejoicing to hear she is in good health and assuring her that "time the slow but sure comforter must be the physician for other sorrows;" discussing his sons.

1 item (3 p.) ; 25.1 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8121811

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Abercorn, Anne Jane Hamilton, Marchioness of, 1763-1827,

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Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

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