BIB_ID
400714
Accession number
MA 8805.7
Creator
Argyll, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Duke of, 1845-1914.
Display Date
1898 January 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.2 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.
Signed "Lorne".
Written on stationery with embossed letterhead reading "Kensington Palace, W."
Signed "Lorne".
Written on stationery with embossed letterhead reading "Kensington Palace, W."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Commenting on the merging of University College, Dundee with the University of St. Andrews: "I regretted much to hear of this Dundee Business being entered into without the sharpest & clearest cleavage lines being first laid down... It was like marrying without a clear marriage settlement!".
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