BIB_ID
405704
Accession number
MA 9064.27
Creator
Breadalbane, Alma Imogen Graham, Marchioness of 1854-1932.
Display Date
[1893?] March 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.4 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 with the family crest.
The year of writing is not given, however it is possible it is 1893 as it appears to continue a conversation from a letter dated March 11, 1893 (MA 9064.11) in which she inquires about a possible Summer Session.
On stationery engraved with the family crest.
The year of writing is not given, however it is possible it is 1893 as it appears to continue a conversation from a letter dated March 11, 1893 (MA 9064.11) in which she inquires about a possible Summer Session.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Thanking him for his note and the enclosures; saying "I am glad to see the lad is answering to my expectations in the way of diligence & application. I have hopes by this means he will come out well in the end though perhaps not specially gifted or brilliant[.]"
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