BIB_ID
190241
Accession number
MA 8856.2
Creator
Smith, Florence Baird, 1827-1903.
Display Date
1891 July 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.6 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.
Written on stationery engraved "81, Lexham Gardens, / Kensington, W."
Written on stationery engraved "81, Lexham Gardens, / Kensington, W."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning her father's letters from Wordsworth; explaining that before she is able to give them to him she needs to consult Dr. Japp "as to our present right in them;" explaining her decision to share them now after having refused earlier; saying that previously it was her intention "...not to publish them at all and it was only after Dr. Japp's expressed regret that he was unable to incorporate them in the Life of my Father and other circumstances too long to tell here that we changed our views, but I think I could not have said that we had no letters of Wordsworth as they have been in our possession since my Father's death as well as the other letters included in the Memorials;" saying she would be happy to see him but suggests that he give her more time to learn the rights they have to the letters.
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