BIB_ID
400809
Accession number
MA 8813.4
Creator
Arnold, Frances Lucy Wightman, 1825-1901.
Display Date
1895 June 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 15.2 x 9.8 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 sent by Mrs. Shairp to which she refers is one written from Matthew Arnold to Principal Shairp which she hoped to include in Volume I of the Letters of Matthew Arnold, 1848-1888 being compiled by George W.E. Russell. Volume I was published by Macmillan & Co. in 1895.
Written on stationery engraved "Pains Hill Cottage / Cobham, Surrey."
The letter sent by Mrs. Shairp to which she refers is one written from Matthew Arnold to Principal Shairp which she hoped to include in Volume I of the Letters of Matthew Arnold, 1848-1888 being compiled by George W.E. Russell. Volume I was published by Macmillan & Co. in 1895.
Written on stationery engraved "Pains Hill Cottage / Cobham, Surrey."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Thanking him for his letter and the enclosure; saying "The enclosure from Mrs. Shairp contained the letter I was anxious to see. She has most kindly given it to me - I thought it very interesting & have sent it to Mr. Russell for insertion if now possible."
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