BIB_ID
191587
Accession number
MA 9087.59
Creator
Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus), 1832-1916.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.5 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.
Most of the Brooke-Knight correspondence that concerns gifts made to Dove Cottage and renovation projects in the cottage comes from 1897-1898, suggesting that this fragment was also written during that period. See MA 9087.43 for an example.
Most of the Brooke-Knight correspondence that concerns gifts made to Dove Cottage and renovation projects in the cottage comes from 1897-1898, suggesting that this fragment was also written during that period. See MA 9087.43 for an example.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Discussing gifts of materials made to Dove Cottage, whether the cottage can properly house them, and how this should be handled; discussing the Dove Cottage Trust's financial situation and possible renovation plans: "Our difficulty at present is money. We all wish not to leave the Reserve Fund empty. I should propose that the Sub-Com. try to collect 50.0.0. If we can get no more, we might then ask the Trustees to grant us £50 more out of the Reserve Fund, & to replace it year after year from the receipts at the Cottage by 5 or 10 pounds at a time. If we can get 50.0.0 we might set the workmen to work at once, & have the rooms ready in six months or so. And then -- but not till then, we can arrange to receive any other gifts which your or the public kindness may offer to us."
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