Address: 14 White Conduit Grove, Islington, [London]. To Joseph Hume MP, Bryanstone Square, [London]. Covering letter to a copy of 'An Address to the People of Scotland ...' [a work on the human constitution and scriptural education], written by [George Combe, the phrenologist] a relative of Scott's; Scott describes the author as a tradesman living in Edinburgh, of 'radical views and reforming temper'.
Autograph, with signature. Annotated in Hume's hand: 'Recd & ansd 6 Jnry 1837'.
William Scott letter
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- ReferenceGB 96 AL283
- Dates of Creation28th Dec 1836
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description9" x 7.25" 2 leaves
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This document is inserted in G Combe 'An address to the people of Scotland ...' (1836) (presentation copy to J Hume) - Library classmark [G.L.] 1836. To request the document, please place an order for the volume, specifying that you wish to see the autograph letter AL283.
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