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Scott, Walter, 1729-1799 to John Spottswood

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.091 Author/Creator: Scott, Walter, 1729-1799 Place Written: Edinburgh, Scotland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 11, 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

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.

Scott, Walter, 1729-1799
Spottswood, John, fl. 1777

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