BIB_ID
190326
Accession number
MA 9165.4
Creator
Butcher, S. H. (Samuel Henry), 1850-1910.
Display Date
1886 December 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.4 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 mourning stationery printed "27 Palmerston Place / Edinburgh."
Butcher's wife, Rose Julia Trench (1848-1902) was Alfred Trench's sister. Trench partnered with Charles Kegan Paul to form the publishing house Kegan Paul, Trench & Company.
Written on mourning stationery printed "27 Palmerston Place / Edinburgh."
Butcher's wife, Rose Julia Trench (1848-1902) was Alfred Trench's sister. Trench partnered with Charles Kegan Paul to form the publishing house Kegan Paul, Trench & Company.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Enclosing a letter of introduction to Alfred Trench and expressing his hope that "...they will take up the book. It ought to be a most interesting volume. I might also write a line privately, in which I could say something more, if you think it would be advisable;" also suggesting that his wife might speak with her brother when she is in London.
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