BIB_ID
401711
Accession number
MA 8861.22
Creator
Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930.
Display Date
1894 August 7.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.8 x 11.3 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.
Letterhead: "4, Carlton Gardens,/ London, S.W." On the left side: "Dictated."
Marked "Private".
With autograph signature.
Letterhead: "4, Carlton Gardens,/ London, S.W." On the left side: "Dictated."
Marked "Private".
With autograph signature.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Telling Knight that he has discovered that the Athenaeum Club is closed for its annual cleaning, "so that I am afraid that anything I can do with respect to your nomination must be put off until a later date."
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