BIB_ID
206211
Accession number
MA 9377
Creator
Cobbe, Frances Power, 1822-1904.
Display Date
[1875-1878?]
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.9 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.
Written from "24, Cheyne Walk / Chelsea, S.W."
The date of writing is simply given as "12th" however, Frances Cobbe rented a house at 24 Cheyne Walk from 1875-1878.
Written from "24, Cheyne Walk / Chelsea, S.W."
The date of writing is simply given as "12th" however, Frances Cobbe rented a house at 24 Cheyne Walk from 1875-1878.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Thanking him for his encouragement of her work and asking for his help; saying "As you will see we have started with the support of men whose names were of considerable weight but to give us the power we need to press on a really efficient Bill after the publication of the Reprint, we need a great deal more;" asking him for his help in "...obtaining influential members for our Society."
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