BIB_ID
157642
Accession number
MA 22842.1-19
Creator
Elgin, Victor Alexander Bruce, Earl of, 1849-1917.
Display Date
Scotland and England, 1878-1902.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
19 items (66 pages) ; various sizes
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Being a collection of 19 autograph letters signed from Victor Bruce, Earl of Elgin, to William Angus Knight, written primarily from Broomhall House in Dunfermline and London between 1878 and 1902; concerning the administration of the University of St. Andrews, particularly the work of the University Court. Letters in the collection have been described individually in nineteen separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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