Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1820] June 1.

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Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1820] June 1.

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Regretting that "the routine of things here is so uniformly stupid as scarce to afford subject for a letter;" discussing his children's affairs: noting that Walter has returned to the Hussars and thanking her for offering to take "a little charge of him" when he is next in London; remarking that Sophia "is as bustling and important as may be in the exercise of all her newly acquired rights as the mistress of a household;" correcting some gossip she heard about a novel he is writing; refuting Lord Archibald's "tirade" and assuring her that he does not neglect his official duties to write novels; mentioning some court gossip concerning "Lady C;" mentioning some visitors and remarking that Sophia and Lockhart are to have a summer cottage on Abbotsford.

1 item (3 p., with address) ; 25.1 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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