BIB_ID
417523
Accession number
MA 9825.3
Creator
Congreve, Richard, 1818-1899.
Display Date
London, England, 1886 March 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.1 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.
On stationery with green embossed letterhead: "57, Palace Gardens Terrace, / London, W." The house number has been corrected by hand to "55."
On stationery with green embossed letterhead: "57, Palace Gardens Terrace, / London, W." The house number has been corrected by hand to "55."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Saying that he thinks he promised to write Knight in the first week of March; explaining that he has concluded that he does not have the time to put together a paper: "I regret it for I should have liked it if only to testify my admiration and gratitude to the great poet and for his noble life [probably a reference to Wordsworth] - but other work interferes;" adding that he hopes to attend the meeting in May.
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