BIB_ID
400047
Accession number
MA 8762.2
Creator
Airlie, Henrietta Blanche, Countess of, 1830-1921.
Display Date
1883 April 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 15.0 x 9.9 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.
The letter appears to be in reference to a meeting of the Wordsworth Society on May 2 1883.
Written on mourning stationery from "47 Lower Grosvenor Street."
The letter appears to be in reference to a meeting of the Wordsworth Society on May 2 1883.
Written on mourning stationery from "47 Lower Grosvenor Street."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning an upcoming meeting of the Wordsworth Society; asking if her daughter, Griselda Ogilvy could attend "...to hear Mr. Arnold and yourself & others if she can get entrance. I am glad to hear that Miss [Eugénie] Sellers is liked - She wanted soothing & quiet - & I hope she has found this at St. Andrews;" inviting him to visit when he is in town.
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