BIB_ID
190593
Accession number
MA 22706.35
Creator
De Vere, Aubrey, 1814-1902.
Display Date
London, England, 1886 July 24.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.0 x 11.1 cm
Notes
De Vere does not provide the year of writing but he refers to Lord Selborne's speech at the Wordsworth Society meeting. This dates the letter to July 1886 (see MA 22706.20).
From the collection of William Angus Knight.
Written from The Athenæum Club on its stationery.
From the collection of William Angus Knight.
Written from The Athenæum Club on its stationery.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Apologizing that he cannot see him that day as he has an engagement with Lord Tennyson; expressing his pleasure at attending the Wordsworth Society meeting and pronouncing Lord Selborne's speech admirable.
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