BIB_ID
418914
Accession number
MA 9978.5
Creator
Davey, Horace Davey, Baron, 1833-1907.
Display Date
Haslemere, England, 1892 July 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.7 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.
Written on stationery engraved "Verdley Place, / Haslemere."
Written on stationery engraved "Verdley Place, / Haslemere."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning his loss in an election; accepting Knight's condolences; saying "I am not sure that one is to be pitied although just at the present time I feel rather out of it and disappointed - I have no doubt that really it is the best for myself personally."
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