BIB_ID
399957
Accession number
MA 8757.1-12
Creator
Ainger, Alfred, 1837-1904.
Display Date
1883-1900.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
12 items (35 pages) ; various sizes
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
A collection of 12 autograph letters signed to Professor William Angus Knight; written between 1883 and 1900 from London, Bristol, Derby, and Kincardine O'Neil; discussing his travels, his preaching appointments, the health of friends and family members, his research and writing on Charles Lamb, the friendship between Charles Lamb and William Wordsworth, and Knight's publications on Wordsworth. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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