BIB_ID
410480
Accession number
MA 9408.2
Creator
Coleridge, Amy Augusta Jackson Lawford, Lady, d. 1933.
Display Date
1893 May 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.7 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 mourning stationery with the address "1, Sussex Square, / Hyde Park, W" and an embossed crest with the motto "Qualis vita finis ita."
On mourning stationery with the address "1, Sussex Square, / Hyde Park, W" and an embossed crest with the motto "Qualis vita finis ita."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Thanking him for having his publisher Murray send her one of his books: "I have read the Preface & I shall read the book with the greatest interest. I do think it so kind of you to send it to me & I hope you will one day write your name in it for me"; inviting him to stop by any Sunday afternoon.
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