BIB_ID
401318
Accession number
MA 8841.2
Creator
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913.
Display Date
1886 November 26.
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.
Embossed letterhead: "High Elms,/ Beckenham,/ Kent." On the left side: "Station, Orpington".
Beckenham was once part of the county of Kent, though now it is considered a neighborhood in the borough of Bromley in Greater London.
With a watermark: "Towgood's Extra Super".
Embossed letterhead: "High Elms,/ Beckenham,/ Kent." On the left side: "Station, Orpington".
Beckenham was once part of the county of Kent, though now it is considered a neighborhood in the borough of Bromley in Greater London.
With a watermark: "Towgood's Extra Super".
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Declining an invitation to come to St. Andrews; mentioning that Parliament is meeting before its usual time; apologizing and adding "Pray do not suppose there is any want of will on my part."
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