ALS to 'My Dear Sir', i.e. Francis Freeling, Esq., Saturday March 9th. 'I am only this moment enabled to offer myself to you on Monday 26th if you will have the goodness to accept me.

SCOTT, Sir Walter, Bart.

Verlag: [c.1820?], 1820

Beschreibung

8 lines on first side of 2pp 4to, recipient named on verso; lightly folded for posting, edges sl. dusted, left margin strengthened from behind, perhaps having been tipped into an album. Not in Millgate Union Catalogue of Walter Scott Correspondence. A brief letter from Walter Scott addressed to Sir Francis Freeling, availing himself to an unspecified meeting later in the month. Sir Francis Freeling, 1764-1836, was, from 1798, secretary of the British post office. He was a committed reformer, and credited with introducing a raft of modern practices into the British postal system. He was in two senses a 'Man of Letters', as beyond his professional life he amassed an impressive classical library, and was a founding member of the literary Roxburghe Club. Walter Scott was also a member, and the two corresponded on a fairly regular basis. Scott evidently held Freeling in high regard, and trusted him in his professional capacity. There are numerous examples in his wider correspondence of Scott sending items, including manuscripts for publication, 'care of' Freeling' (who was based in London), or encouraging his associates to do likewise. In this letter, Scott tells Freeling, 'I ballast this with a letter for Lockhart', adding that 'My daughter. has a few'. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 99316

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Titel: ALS to 'My Dear Sir', i.e. Francis Freeling,...

Verlag: [c.1820?]

Erscheinungsdatum: 1820