BIB_ID
401374
Accession number
MA 8841.15
Creator
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913.
Display Date
1907 November 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 14.1 x 10.6 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: "6, St. James' Square,/ S.W."
On mourning stationery.
With a watermark.
John Lubbock was named to the peerage in 1900 and chose the title "Avebury"; he signs this letter as "Avebury".
Embossed letterhead: "6, St. James' Square,/ S.W."
On mourning stationery.
With a watermark.
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
Saying that he has looked into Knight's volume of "the Addresses" and that he would greatly value a copy from Knight.
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