BIB_ID
399881
Accession number
MA 8742.6
Creator
Aberdeen and Temair, John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, Marquess of, 1847-1934.
Display Date
1898 April 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) : 20.5 x 12.7 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 on stationery with an embossed seal and letterhead reading "Government House,/ Ottawa."
Written on stationery with an embossed seal and letterhead reading "Government House,/ Ottawa."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Expressing his regrets that he will not see Knight during the latter's visit to the United States; writing that it "must have been exceedingly interesting to become acquainted with the life and working of so many Universities and Collges, and I am sure you will carry home much to make you glad that you came."
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