BIB_ID
190227
Accession number
MA 8815.6
Creator
Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888.
Display Date
[1883] April 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.2 x 11.3 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.
A note in the published letter identifies Miss Ford as Ella Ford, fiancée of Matthew Arnold's son Richard Penrose Arnold.
A note in the published letter identifies Miss Ford as Ella Ford, fiancée of Matthew Arnold's son Richard Penrose Arnold.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning an address he will be delivering [at the Wordsworth Society]; saying "I will try to make a speech of about a quarter of an hour in length, to open the proceedings;" adding that he would be happy to meet with him when he arrives in London and is anxious to hear of his connection with Miss Ford.
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