BIB_ID
408689
Accession number
MA 9183.32
Creator
Caird, Edward, 1835-1908.
Display Date
1898 August 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.7 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.
Written on mourning paper from "Dungourney Greenock." Dungourney belonged to Caird's brother Colin.
Caird's brother, John, died July 30, 1989 in Greenock.
Written on mourning paper from "Dungourney Greenock." Dungourney belonged to Caird's brother Colin.
Caird's brother, John, died July 30, 1989 in Greenock.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Thanking him for his words of sympathy; saying "As we grow old, we must expect to be marked by the 'separator of companions'. But it is hardly possible to realise that a lifelong communion - during a great part of time - of almost every interest has come to an end so far as such things can end;" saying he is sorry to hear of his illness and was disappointed not to see him at Oxford during the last term; adding that his sister-in-law is bearing up well.
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