BIB_ID
107753
Accession number
MA 9986.1
Creator
Davidson, Randall Thomas, 1848-1930.
Display Date
Farnham, England, 1901 December 31.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (7 pages) ; 20.3 x 12.8 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.
This letter is part of a small collection of four autograph letters signed from Bishop Davidson to Professor Knight. See also MA 9986.2, MA 9986.3 and MA 9986.4.
Written on mourning stationery engraved "Farnham Castle, / Surrey."
This letter is part of a small collection of four autograph letters signed from Bishop Davidson to Professor Knight. See also MA 9986.2, MA 9986.3 and MA 9986.4.
Written on mourning stationery engraved "Farnham Castle, / Surrey."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Responding to Knight's request for a ticket for his daughter to the coronation of King Edward VII; apologizing for the delay in replying to his letter and thanking him for the copy of "Inter Amicos;" adding "Few books of its size have of late furnished me with more suggestive thoughts and I am more grateful to you than I can readily express; explaining the allocation of tickets for June 26th in the Abbey; saying "I hoped ere now to know more definitely something about the arrangements wh. are likely to be made for seats in the Abbey on June 26. All I can tell you is this. The number is limited to 6000. About 4000 or so, to the best of my reckoning, will be 'Official' - and the choice of 2000 persons from the rest of the British Empire will be a tough task for somebody or bodies...I fear the chance of ladies - other than peeresses - wives of M.P.s & wives of Privy Councellors & great Colonials is small indeed & I do not think presentation at Court will make any difference whatsoever;" apologizing again for the delay of his reply and sending Knight and his daughter blessings in 1902.
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