BIB_ID
418436
Accession number
MA 9909.32
Creator
Cradock, Edward Hartopp, 1810-1886.
Display Date
Oxford, England, 1883 February 9.
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.
Written from Brasenose College, Oxford on the College stationery.
Year of writing inferred from content.
Written from Brasenose College, Oxford on the College stationery.
Year of writing inferred from content.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Reporting the death of William Wordsworth; saying "I hear from the John Wordsworths that William Wordsworth of Rydal died suddenly on Wednesday. Heart complaint it is said. I saw rather more of him last summer than I had ever done before - but I did not know him well - His son is a very nice intelligent fellow and likely, I suppose, to be useful to you, if he inherits his father's papers. I received the 5 portraits 2 days ago - I only saw the poet twice and cannot be a good judge - but no. III best suits my recollections. I hope the new volumes are progressing favourably."
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