Autograph letter signed by Walter Scott to R. Rushworth
- Reference:GB 237 Coll-1147/17-0171
- Dates of Creation:24 February 1826
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- Physical Description:1 letterThe letter has been extensively restored along folds, and it is browned.
Scope and Content
One autograph letter signed by Walter Scott to R. Rushworth, with the original wax seal. Transcription: " I am honoured with the proposal to inscribe to ... uour picturesque scenery of Scotland to which I can have only one objection that I have not the privilege of being likely to benefit the book as it is the natural acknowledgement of such a favour. I live strictly retired and am obliged to see few people and thus am entirely out of the circle where literary undertakings are spoken of... . In every other respect excepting my inefficiency as a pattern I cannot feel otherwise than honoured in the proposal and I must ?infer you to determine whether you will waste your dedication in this circumstance on so useless patron as myself".
Acquisition Information
Purchased in 2017. Accession no SC-Acc-2017-0171.
Archivist's Note
Catalogued by Aline Brodin in February 2018.
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