BIB_ID
400826
Accession number
MA 8814.5
Creator
Arnold, Frances Bunsen Trevenen Whateley, 1833-1923.
Display Date
1899 February 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.3 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.
Frances Arnold was the youngest sister of Matthew Arnold.
With a watermark: "Parkins & Gotto's/ Ivory Laid".
Written on stationery with embossed letterhead reading "Fox How, Ambleside."
Frances Arnold was the youngest sister of Matthew Arnold.
With a watermark: "Parkins & Gotto's/ Ivory Laid".
Written on stationery with embossed letterhead reading "Fox How, Ambleside."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Sending good wishes for a "journey to the East" that Knight was planning; mentioning that Gordon Wordsworth "went to Ceylon in January & I have had most cheerful accounts from him of his voyage & his enjoyment of sunnier climes!"; discussing the health and movements of family members and friends.
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