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James Dykes Campbell collection of autograph letters signed (85) : London, St. Leonards-on-Sea, and other locations, to W.A. Knight, 1884 Apr. 17-1895 May 1.

BIB_ID
284323
Accession number
MA 3459.1-85
Creator
Campbell, James Dykes, 1838-1895.
Display Date
1884 Apr. 17-1895 May 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
84 items (375 p.) ; most 15-18 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.
Letter 62 is missing (note from H. Cahoon, 1981).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
A collection of 85 autograph letters from Campbell to W.A. Knight; described in 85 individual records (MA 3459.1-85). Many of the letters discuss their work on biographies of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (26 cm)