BIB_ID
409529
Accession number
MA 9343.5
Creator
Chisholm, Aeneas, 1836-1918.
Display Date
1901 December 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.8 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.
On stationery with embossed letterhead: "19, Golden Square, / Aberdeen."
On stationery with embossed letterhead: "19, Golden Square, / Aberdeen."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Telling Knight that he has "severed my connection with my dear old College [Blairs College], not being able to carry on the duties of Rector & Bishop"; discussing what he was able to achieve at Blairs: "Since refusing the good Marquis' £20,000 -- I have spent over £32,000 in Blairs -- an entire new Creation -- with very handsome new Church & all paid for except a few thousand! which I hope to clean off. We have a new Curriculum -- are under Government Inspection, & I don't see why we might not aspire to some government aid -- The Chief Inspector thinks we are entitled to it! -- It is the largest secondary Education Establishment in the Country"; inviting Knight for a visit: "Perhaps when you are next in Aberdeen you will come and spend a day or two together -- & fight our battles over again & go out and see Blairs."
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