BIB_ID
190504
Accession number
MA 9787.33
Creator
Coleridge, John Duke Coleridge, Baron, 1820-1894.
Display Date
London, England, 1887 January 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 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.
Professor William Angus Knight was a professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews.
Written from "1. Sussex Square W." on stationery embossed with the seal of the Royal Courts of Justice..
Professor William Angus Knight was a professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews.
Written from "1. Sussex Square W." on stationery embossed with the seal of the Royal Courts of Justice..
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning the memorial for John Campbell Shairp; saying "I had not heard what you tell me & what I rejoice to hear - that you are to do the memorial of J.C.S. - It could not be in better hands - I will try what I can do with very great pleasure; for I knew him from 1839 with ever increasing intimacy & deepening attachment. But when I say that I 'will try' you know too well that I am not to be depended on - I wish very much indeed I could come to S. Andrews - It has always been a dream of mine to see it & I could not see it under better auspices than yours though we have a common sorrow in thinking of 'what might have been';" adding that he has to be in Glasgow and Birmingham for dinners and so it is unlikely he will get to St. Andrews.
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