Letter from William Bell Scott to unknown correspondent, August 1869
William Bell Scott
Production Description
Document Title: Letter from William Bell Scott to unknown correspondent, August 1869
Author: William Bell Scott
Date of composition: 1869 August
Type of Manuscript: letter
Scribe: DGR
Provenance
Current Location: Princeton University Library
Catalog Number: 23275
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is William Bell Scott's letter of August 1869 to an unknown correspondent. Its comment on DGR's condition at Penkill Castle, where the two were then staying together, is interesting. The letter contains Scott's fair copy of the first of DGR's pair of the “Church Porches” sonnets.