BIB_ID
401654
Accession number
MA 8861.4
Creator
Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930.
Display Date
1885 February 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.5 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: "Whittinghame/ Prestonkirk." On the left side: "Station: East Linton, N.B. Ry."
Embossed letterhead: "Whittinghame/ Prestonkirk." On the left side: "Station: East Linton, N.B. Ry."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Thanking Knight and others at St. Andrews for nominating him for an honorary degree; explaining that he cannot attend the ceremony, "thus losing (among other things) the advantage of making personal acquaintance with those connected with the University who, like yourself, I at present know only through their work."
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