BIB_ID
190291
Accession number
MA 9087.31
Creator
Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus), 1832-1916.
Display Date
1897 October 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.8 x 11.2 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.
Embossed letterhead: "1. Manchester Square, / W." Brooke owned a house at this address in London from 1866 to 1914.
Embossed letterhead: "1. Manchester Square, / W." Brooke owned a house at this address in London from 1866 to 1914.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Making arrangements for Knight's visit: "You can do as you like, exactly as you like, & you shall have a working room of your own at the bottom of the house"; asking him to bring the books (see MA 9087.29) and saying that he'll take them, "with you if you wish it", to the bookseller James Bain to be valued.
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