BIB_ID
409350
Accession number
MA 9256.40
Creator
Carpenter, J. Estlin (Joseph Estlin), 1844-1927.
Display Date
[1877] November 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 15.1 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.
Carpenter was a professor of ecclesiastical history, comparative religion and Hebrew at Manchester New College from 1869-1875 and lived in Hampstead during those years.
Written from "4 Oppidan's Road / London, NW."
The year of writing is not given, however, Carpenter refers to the death of Mrs. Martineau. Helen Higginson Martineau died November 9, 1877.
Carpenter was a professor of ecclesiastical history, comparative religion and Hebrew at Manchester New College from 1869-1875 and lived in Hampstead during those years.
Written from "4 Oppidan's Road / London, NW."
The year of writing is not given, however, Carpenter refers to the death of Mrs. Martineau. Helen Higginson Martineau died November 9, 1877.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Relating news of Dr. Martineau in the days after the funeral for Mrs. Martineau; saying "He was at Portland St. with all his family on Sunday morning last. Mr. Charles Wicksteed, the friend of five and forty years standing, preached; & I learned afterwards that it was soothing and grateful to them all. Without disguising that there had been a cloud over the latter years, he drew a beautiful picture of the earlier family life in which she had played so devoted a part & I felt sure that all he said was as true as it was touching. I did not see Dr. Martineau till Wednesday morning when he resumed his place at our College prayers. He is upborne with a wonderful serenity and calm: he related to me a number of little incidents connected with his life in Bristol fifty years ago drawn from the correspondence he has been re-reading belonging to the period of his engagement & he seems to take pleasure in recalling the treasured memories of a happy past. Today I saw him at the chapel door exchanging greetings with some of his kindred and friends, and I rejoiced that he was able then to participate in the life around him;" discussing the grief of Martineau's daughters and mentioning that his Dutch translation should be published soon.
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