BIB_ID
106407
Accession number
MA 22910
Creator
Finlayson, James, 1840-1906.
Display Date
Glasgow, Scotland, 1893 July 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.3 cm
Notes
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.
Written from "2 Woodside Place, / Charing Cross, / Glasgow" on stationery printed with the address.
Written from "2 Woodside Place, / Charing Cross, / Glasgow" on stationery printed with the address.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning an exhibition on John Hunter, "the great Surgeon", being held in London and another that may be held later in the year as it is the centennial of his death; adding that he has learned that a relative of Dr. Hunter "...had amassed some literary materials with the view of writing a life. From the enclosed letter, you will see that it is supposed that you may know whether there is such material, and if so where & with whom it is. If there is, now seems a good time to try to have it utilised. I am Honorary Librarian to the Faculty of Physicians & Surgeons, and either I, or the Secretary there, or some of the Fellows might be able to work up the materials if given or lent to the Library. We have just had a portrait of Dr. William Hunter placed in our custody, by the family of the late Dr. Hunter of Rotheray. Apologizing for intruding in your leisure at this time."
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