BIB_ID
190281
Accession number
MA 9087.20
Creator
Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus), 1832-1916.
Display Date
1891 October 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 15.9 x 10.1 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.
Signed with his initials.
The list of books referred to here may be MA 9087.60.
Signed with his initials.
The list of books referred to here may be MA 9087.60.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Saying that the Dove Cottage trustees have agreed to set aside 5.0.0 to buy some of the Preston books (see MA 9087.18 for context); writing further "I have carefully looked over the list, & have chosen & priced -- liberally priced also -- a certain number, which I think advisable to have"; mentioning that the Committee appointed Knight and Brooke "as persons who should consider what was best to offer for"; asking for Knight's opinion; adding "You will see that I have overshot the 5.0.0. but I daresay we could get the rest of the cash."
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