BIB_ID
401387
Accession number
MA 8841.20
Creator
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913.
Display Date
[year of writing unknown] August 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 15.8 x 10 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.
Because Lubbock signs this letter as "John Lubbock" and not "Avebury" (his title after 1900), this letter is likely to have been written before 1900.
The place of writing is given only as "Edenview"; however, the postmark on MA 8841.10 confirms that "Edenview" is located within or near St. Andrews.
With a watermark and countermark.
Because Lubbock signs this letter as "John Lubbock" and not "Avebury" (his title after 1900), this letter is likely to have been written before 1900.
The place of writing is given only as "Edenview"; however, the postmark on MA 8841.10 confirms that "Edenview" is located within or near St. Andrews.
With a watermark and countermark.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Declining an invitation to lunch; arranging for games of golf with Knight and [Andrew] Graham Murray; describing the area around Avebury.
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