BIB_ID
190226
Accession number
MA 8815.5
Creator
Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888.
Display Date
1883 April 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.4 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Confirming May 2nd as the date [for his address to the Wordsworth Society]; saying that he has declined an offer to be a candidate for the Lord Rectorship at St. Andrews "...while I am a school-inspector, or a subordinate public official of any sort;" asking him to "...assure my friends there that though I am grateful to them for their good opinion my resolution remains quite firm."
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