BIB_ID
190522
Accession number
MA 9787.52
Creator
Coleridge, John Duke Coleridge, Baron, 1820-1894.
Display Date
London, England, 1889 November 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 20.2 x 12.6 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, / Hyde Park, W." on stationery engraved with his crest and printed with his address.
The Heart of Midlothian was written by Sir Walter Scott and published in 1818.
Professor William Angus Knight was a professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews.
Written from "1, Sussex Square, / Hyde Park, W." on stationery engraved with his crest and printed with his address.
The Heart of Midlothian was written by Sir Walter Scott and published in 1818.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Expressing his pleasure that Knight received the book; adding "It is to me the treasure house of many memories;" Thanking him for the information on the University and asking that he do nothing in the matter; saying "Nothing would induce me to divide the suffrages of the University with anyone - & I am quite sure that I am in no position to have a 'real harmonious call Reuben! to quote the Heart of Midlothian."
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