BIB_ID
405593
Accession number
MA 9053.22
Creator
Boyle, G. D. (George David), 1828-1901.
Display Date
[1889-1897?] February 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 15.2 x 9.6 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.
On stationery engraved "Deanery, / Salisbury" but that has been crossed through and Boyle gives the place of writing as "St. Alban's Cliffs / Bournemouth."
Boyle has written "Strictly / Private" above the salutation.
The year of writing is not provided, however the letter concerns Professor Knight's candidacy for the Athenæum Club which it appears Boyle has first suggested in a letter of June 1, 1889 (MA 9053.8). Knight was elected a member of the Club in 1897.
On stationery engraved "Deanery, / Salisbury" but that has been crossed through and Boyle gives the place of writing as "St. Alban's Cliffs / Bournemouth."
Boyle has written "Strictly / Private" above the salutation.
The year of writing is not provided, however the letter concerns Professor Knight's candidacy for the Athenæum Club which it appears Boyle has first suggested in a letter of June 1, 1889 (MA 9053.8). Knight was elected a member of the Club in 1897.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Informing him that "Sir A. Lyall is to bring you on for election. I have written to all my friends on [illegible] - & hope all will be well;" adding that he has been unwell with a bronchial infection and influenza and is in Bournemouth "trying to pick up health."
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