BIB_ID
409474
Accession number
MA 9339.2
Creator
Chiene, John, 1843-1923.
Display Date
1898 July 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.8 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.
The brother referred to in the letter may be Alexander Angus Halley Knight.
On stationery with embossed letterhead: "26, Charlotte Square, / Edinburgh." On the left side: "Telephone / No. 397."
The brother referred to in the letter may be Alexander Angus Halley Knight.
On stationery with embossed letterhead: "26, Charlotte Square, / Edinburgh." On the left side: "Telephone / No. 397."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Thanking Knight for his "most kindly gift"; writing "Fees cannot be between us -- First you are my colleague 2nd you are alicks brother"; adding that he is glad to hear Knight is better.
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