BIB_ID
418400
Accession number
MA 9909.24
Creator
Cradock, Edward Hartopp, 1810-1886.
Display Date
Grasmere, England, 1882 September 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 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.
Year of writing inferred from contents.
Year of writing inferred from contents.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Confirming the date of Monday, October 2 for their drive to Hawkshead; adding "I saw Matthew Arnold yesterday. He tells me that his selection from Wordsworth has had a very prosperous sale - over 7000 copies. Weather now fine but cold."
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