BIB_ID
409302
Accession number
MA 9256.24
Creator
Carpenter, J. Estlin (Joseph Estlin), 1844-1927.
Display Date
[1872] April 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 15.7 x 10.1 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 given however it appears to precede a letter dated June 16, 1872 (see MA 9256.2) in which Knight's visit to Portland Street is discussed.
Carpenter served as minister at Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds from 1869-1975.
The year of writing is not given however it appears to precede a letter dated June 16, 1872 (see MA 9256.2) in which Knight's visit to Portland Street is discussed.
Carpenter served as minister at Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds from 1869-1975.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Expressing his wish to visit him in hopes that a "change of air and rest may drive away the cough which resists simpler remedies;" adding that after reading one of his sermons he "...should be rejoiced to have an opportunity of hearing you in your own place - , since I cannot yet hope for it in ours."
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