BIB_ID
409007
Accession number
MA 9198.30
Creator
Caird, John, 1820-1898.
Display Date
[1872-1898?] June 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.3 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.
The year of writing is not provided, however, Caird first introduced himself to Knight in a letter dated January 22, 1872 (see MA 9198.1) and Caird remained at Glasgow University until his death in 1898.
Written on the stationery of The University, Glasgow.
The year of writing is not provided, however, Caird first introduced himself to Knight in a letter dated January 22, 1872 (see MA 9198.1) and Caird remained at Glasgow University until his death in 1898.
Written on the stationery of The University, Glasgow.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Giving him permission to use his name "...if you think my name will be of any use for such an object (which I can hardly conceive);" adding "We are in the thick of 'Draft Ordinances' & I am heartily sick of them."
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