BIB_ID
190266
Accession number
MA 9087.4
Creator
Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus), 1832-1916.
Display Date
1886 June 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.9 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.
Brooke gives the place of writing as "1. Manchester Sq." He owned a house at this address in London from 1866 to 1914.
Signed with his initials.
Brooke gives the place of writing as "1. Manchester Sq." He owned a house at this address in London from 1866 to 1914.
Signed with his initials.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Enclosing £10 and saying that he is sorry he will not be able to attend a meeting; writing that he wishes that there could be "a collection of all the personal descriptions of Wordsworth by men who had met him."
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