Autograph letter : [Abbotsford, Scotland] to "Alicia," [1966 Jan. 8].

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Autograph letter : [Abbotsford, Scotland] to "Alicia," [1966 Jan. 8].

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Describing his visit to the home of Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford; describing the library and a book they found, printed in 1582, relating the Arthurian legend and quoting "word for word the unknown manuscript we had just the day before discovered at Alnwick;" adding that we "read in the old records that it has never been easy, but we exist, which seems to mean that it is not hopeless."

1 item (3 p.) ; 32.3cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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