BIB_ID
418449
Accession number
MA 9916.6
Creator
Crawford, Donald, 1837-1919.
Display Date
Saint Andrews, Scotland, 1894?.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 15.7 x 9.9 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.
Crawford lists only "Thursday" for the date of writing. Given his reference to Nichol's death in the letter, it may have been written in 1894.
On stationery with blind embossed letterhead consisting of the seal of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews and the address "The Club House / St. Andrews / Fife."
Part of a collection of seven letters from Donald Crawford to William Angus Knight, written between 1887 and 1896. See the collection-level record for more information (MA 9916.1-7).
Crawford lists only "Thursday" for the date of writing. Given his reference to Nichol's death in the letter, it may have been written in 1894.
On stationery with blind embossed letterhead consisting of the seal of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews and the address "The Club House / St. Andrews / Fife."
Part of a collection of seven letters from Donald Crawford to William Angus Knight, written between 1887 and 1896. See the collection-level record for more information (MA 9916.1-7).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Accepting an invitation to play on Saturday afternoon and asking Knight if he could put together a foursome; writing "I was prepared for the news of Nichol's [probably John Nichol] death. It grieves me much."
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