BIB_ID
103705
Accession number
MA 23319.1
Creator
Herbert, Auberon, 1838-1906.
Display Date
Falmouth, England, 1891? January 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 16.6 x 10.3 cm
Notes
The year of writing is not provided however there are references to the memorial Herbert was circulating in 1891.
Written on an advertisement for "Free Life", edited by Auberon Herbert.
Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
Housed with an additional letter from Herbert to Professor Knight (MA 23319.2) also concerning the memorial.
Auberon Herbert worked to gain support to prevent the War Office from taking possession of part of the New Forest without public knowledge or consent.
Written on an advertisement for "Free Life", edited by Auberon Herbert.
Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
Housed with an additional letter from Herbert to Professor Knight (MA 23319.2) also concerning the memorial.
Auberon Herbert worked to gain support to prevent the War Office from taking possession of part of the New Forest without public knowledge or consent.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning Herbert's effort to preserve the New Forest; saying "Thank you very much for your kind trouble. I send several forms. I stupidly do not understand the proposed alteration... I will think over the change. I feel you must have some good reason for it, but my own feelings are in favour of that good old simple word 'a prayer' - a memorial has a touch of northern italian architecture but a useful word all the same. I hope you will forgive my writing paper."
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