BIB_ID
157700
Accession number
MA 22785.1-8
Creator
Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of, 1826-1902.
Display Date
Ireland, Paris and other locations ; 1891-1901 and undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
6 items (18 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
A collection of 8 letters signed, 6 manuscript and 2 typed, to William Angus Knight; written between 1891 and 1901, with one undated letter, from Ireland, Paris, Rome, and Scotland; discussing various publications, among them collections of poetry and addresses, news from St. Andrews and the University of Edinburgh, and family matters, including his sons' military service in the Boer War and the publication of his mother Helen Blackwood's poems. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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