Autograph letter signed : Ashestiel [near Melrose], to his brother-in-law Charles Carpenter, 1811 Aug. 25

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Autograph letter signed : Ashestiel [near Melrose], to his brother-in-law Charles Carpenter, 1811 Aug. 25

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Sending the letter by Lady Hood and introducing her to the Carpenters; mentioning the purchase of Abbotsford and describing his plans to improve the estate; mentioning the ill health of the king; conveying his wife's promises to write to him but acknowledging that "to say truth though your sister & my wife she is the worst pen woman I ever saw."

1 item (4 p., with address) ; 25.5 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8145642

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Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

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Carpenter, Charles

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