BIB_ID
401716
Accession number
MA 8865.3
Creator
Balfour of Burleigh, Alexander Hugh Bruce, Lord, 1849-1921.
Display Date
1902 June 18.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.8 x 12.2 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.
Lord Balfour was named Chancellor of St. Andrews in 1900.
Written on stationery engraved with the seal of the "Secretary for Scotland / Dover House, Whitehall."
Lord Balfour was named Chancellor of St. Andrews in 1900.
Written on stationery engraved with the seal of the "Secretary for Scotland / Dover House, Whitehall."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Thanking him for his letter and replying that he will consider what he has said; asking a question about Lord Kelvin.
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