BIB_ID
190329
Accession number
MA 9165.7
Creator
Butcher, S. H. (Samuel Henry), 1850-1910.
Display Date
1887 December 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.1 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.
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
Regretting that due to a prior engagement he cannot accept his invitation to attend Balfour's address at St. Andrews; adding "Balfour deserves the best reception that Scotland can give him. He has done splendidly. I wonder that the burlesque of martyrdom that is being enacted in Ireland is not laughed off the stage. Irish rebellion generally has its grotesque side;" expressing his hope that he and Mrs. Knight will visit after Christmas.
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