BIB_ID
190216
Accession number
MA 8757.11
Creator
Ainger, Alfred, 1837-1904.
Display Date
1899 October 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 15.1 x 9.8 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.
Written on stationery embossed with the address "Master's House,/ Temple. E.C."
Written on stationery embossed with the address "Master's House,/ Temple. E.C."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Thanking Knight for inviting Ainger to stay with him in St. Andrews but explaining that "some months ago I accepted an invitation from the Andrew Langs to be their guest"; writing that "I am very sorry that I can't divide myself 'like a Bribe-Buck' and live with two friends at once!".
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