July 11, 1777

Scott, Walter, 1729-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Spottswood

Scott requests that Spottswood dispatch the reports on the commissions for Captain Hays' creditors. States that unless they are returned soon there is a chance there might be sufferers. Scott was a solicitor (lawyer) and was possibly the father of Walter Scott, the poet and novelist from Edinburgh.

GLC01450.091