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.
Written on stationery engraved "Swannington House, / near Leicester."
Apologizing that she is unable to "...help you about the letters, but sad times have fallen upon Cole Orton, & I do not know in whose custody the letters are - I have always supposed them to be at the Bank - but - I am not at all sure now that this is the case. I am quite powerless in this & other matters, being excluded from all knowledge of what is done; & I grieve to say much of value has been taken away - It is altogether so sad that it has made me feel quite hopeless about everything. And since my Uncle's death there is no one to turn to for wise counsel - I do not know if you heard of the sudden death of my Aunt in April 1900: she was just speaking to him when suddenly she fell forward and died : & it was very strange that to him the end came in exactly the same way 9 months later. Both were saved from a lingering illness - but - to us the suddeness [sic] made it worse - About the letters, if you would care to write to the lawyer he m̲i̲g̲h̲t̲ be able to give you information about the tin box containing them & possibly access to them...& lead to [illegible] whether the Bank at Ashby has the box in their safe keeping;" adding, on a separate piece of paper, the name and address of the lawyer.