BIB_ID
401062
Accession number
MA 8829.3
Creator
Ashburton, Louisa, Lady, 1827-1903.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.4 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 place of writing is drawn from internal evidence and the word "Addiscombe" written by Ashburton at the top of the letter, which may refer to Addiscombe Road in Croydon.
The place of writing is drawn from internal evidence and the word "Addiscombe" written by Ashburton at the top of the letter, which may refer to Addiscombe Road in Croydon.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Explaining that she unfortunately cannot attend his lectures because "I am here with my beloved child who is not at all well"; inviting Knight to visit them and writing that "from Victoria to East Croydon our station is 25 mins."
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