BIB_ID
190327
Accession number
MA 9165.5
Creator
Butcher, S. H. (Samuel Henry), 1850-1910.
Display Date
1887 April 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.5 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."
Written on mourning stationery printed "27 Palmerston Place / Edinburgh."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning George Ramsay's suggestion of "...an informal meeting...of Professors from the various Universities to discuss the question of an Examination Board of Secondary Education for Scotland. Ramsay in concert with several Masters of Secondary Schools drew up certain proposals which he has had printed & of which you have probably received a copy. It is thought that these might form a basis of discussion;" asking that he mention the meeting to those of his colleagues who may be in Edinburgh on April 16th, the date of the proposed meeting.
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