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Letter from E.H. Cradock, Grasmere, to William Angus Knight, 1878 August 23 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
418291
Accession number
MA 9909.14
Creator
Cradock, Edward Hartopp, 1810-1886.
Display Date
Grasmere, England, 1878 August 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.1 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.
Written from "Grasmere R.S.O. / Westmorland."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Offering edits, corrections and additional information from his observations and conversations in Grasmere for Knight's book; adding "Wordsworth's neighbour Quaker Ball who cuts the field below the Mount has lately died. He was an old man & might have given useful information."