BIB_ID
106139
Accession number
MA 22883
Creator
Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William), 1831-1903.
Display Date
London, England, before 1894 February 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.4 cm
Notes
The letter is written on stationery of the Athenæum Club and embossed with its crest.
The year of writing is not given, however, Lord Justice Bowen died in April 1894.
Farrar has written "Private" above the salutation of "My dear Dean."
It is possible this letter was written to Dean George Boyle, Dean of Salisbury Cathedral from 1880-1901, given the reference to preaching in Sarum.
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.
The year of writing is not given, however, Lord Justice Bowen died in April 1894.
Farrar has written "Private" above the salutation of "My dear Dean."
It is possible this letter was written to Dean George Boyle, Dean of Salisbury Cathedral from 1880-1901, given the reference to preaching in Sarum.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Saying he "...will gladly vote for Professor Knight. I fancy that Lord Justice Bowen has not given notice of nominating. This he must do on or before Friday next to be in time. Will you send him a line to this effect. He can nominate him by proxy if he cannot himself be present. I am very sorry that I cannot accept the honour you so kindly offer me of preaching in Sarum. I am overworked, & in April shall go (for the first time since I came to London) abroad for a little change. I'll then dare not leave my own Church."
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