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Letter from Aubrey de Vere, Bournemouth, to William Angus Knight, 1886 September 3 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
190565
Accession number
MA 22706.22
Creator
De Vere, Aubrey, 1814-1902.
Display Date
Bournemouth, England, 1886 September 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 15.9 x 10.2 cm
Notes
From the collection of William Angus Knight.
Written from "Heathfield Lodge / Bournemouth."
James Garth Marshall is the husband of de Vere's first cousin Mary Alice Rice Marshall (1812-1875). Monk Coniston is the estate purchased by Garth Marshall in 1835 and owned by the Marshalls.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Returning a corrected proof and asking for 12 copies when it is printed; discussing the possibility of their meeting in Ireland; saying he expects "...to be at 'Monk Coniston' for about a week after Tuesday next, & somewhere on the shores of Windermere for several days later...Should you be about that time in the Land of Lakes, pray let me know. I hope to see Mr. William Wordsworth, & the Arnolds - At Monk Coniston I shall be with the Garth Marshalls who would be delighted to make your acquaintance."