BIB_ID
190256
Accession number
MA 8987.1-5
Creator
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895.
Display Date
1895 February 8 and undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
5 items (11 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.
All of the letters in the collection are written on stationery with the letterhead "9 Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh", the house in which Blackie lived from the summer of 1881 until his death in 1895.
Only one of the letters is dated; this letter, written on February 8, 1895, is in the hand of an amanuensis, though the signature is Blackie's.
All of the letters in the collection are written on stationery with the letterhead "9 Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh", the house in which Blackie lived from the summer of 1881 until his death in 1895.
Only one of the letters is dated; this letter, written on February 8, 1895, is in the hand of an amanuensis, though the signature is Blackie's.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
A collection of 4 autograph letters signed and 1 letter signed to Professor William Angus Knight; written between 1881 and 1895 from Edinburgh; discussing educational questions, various articles, and personal matters. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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