BIB_ID
401365
Accession number
MA 8841.13
Creator
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913.
Display Date
1906 July 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 15.2 x 10.2 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.
Embossed letterhead: "High Elms,/ Farnboro', R.S.O./ Kent." On the left side: "Station-Orpington./ Telegraph Off. Farnboro', Kent."
John Lubbock was named to the peerage in 1900 and chose the title "Avebury"; he signs this letter as "Avebury".
Embossed letterhead: "High Elms,/ Farnboro', R.S.O./ Kent." On the left side: "Station-Orpington./ Telegraph Off. Farnboro', Kent."
John Lubbock was named to the peerage in 1900 and chose the title "Avebury"; he signs this letter as "Avebury".
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Declaring that he looks forward to Knight's new Lectionary; asking if [Robert] William Rogers did not do something similiar: "I have found it very difficult myself to arrange Bible reading for my children"; asking about the process of creating a new Lectionary; discussing his travels and upcoming schedule; commenting that "George Darwin is very interesting. It is indeed a most remarkable family."
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