BIB_ID
190498
Accession number
MA 9787.27
Creator
Coleridge, John Duke Coleridge, Baron, 1820-1894.
Display Date
London, England, 1885 June 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 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.
Professor William Angus Knight was a professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews.
Written from the "Royal Courts of Justice" on mourning stationery embossed with the seal of the Courts. Coleridge has dated the letter "St. John Baptist - 1885."
Professor William Angus Knight was a professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews.
Written from the "Royal Courts of Justice" on mourning stationery embossed with the seal of the Courts. Coleridge has dated the letter "St. John Baptist - 1885."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Accepting an invitation to Lord Houghton's house but adding "I am afraid it is quite out of the question my getting anything ready between now & the 8th July."
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