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Autograph Letter Signed, about notes of credit for the Musée Napoleon, adding that he would have dealt with other matters, “but I am not in good spirits. My little boy is dangerously ill.” 1 page 7½ x 7 inches, blank section trimmed away, in good condition. Edinburgh, 21 June 1825. Robert Cadell (1788–1849) was a bookseller and publisher closely associated with Sir Walter Scott. Cadell took care of Scott in the writer’s last years, profiting handsomely from arrangements made with Scott’s family after his death such that they were absolved from debt in return for Cadell’s exclusive right to republish Scott’s novels and biographical material.