BIB_ID
418916
Accession number
MA 9979.2
Creator
Davids, Caroline A. F. Rhys (Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys), 1857-1942.
Display Date
London, England, 1893 January 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.2 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.
Signed with her maiden name.
On stationery with engraved letterhead: "56, Russell Square. / (London. W.C.)"
This collection, MA 9979, is comprised of eleven letters and postcards from Caroline A. F. Rhys Davids to William Angus Knight, written between 1892 and 1899. See the collection-level record for more information (MA 9979.1-11).
Signed with her maiden name.
On stationery with engraved letterhead: "56, Russell Square. / (London. W.C.)"
This collection, MA 9979, is comprised of eleven letters and postcards from Caroline A. F. Rhys Davids to William Angus Knight, written between 1892 and 1899. See the collection-level record for more information (MA 9979.1-11).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Thanking him for books about the ascent of two mountains in the Alps (the Dent du Géant and the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey); discussing her plans for climbing in the Mont Blanc region in the fall; saying that she hopes to start in June "[n]ot to begin high climbing for a month - but to see friends at Aosta, see the flowers & young verdure come back to the valleys & continue to make studies among the valley folk;" describing the Christmas presents she received from friends who live in the mountains this year, including wine, cheese, edelweiss, and a chamois skin; sending him new year's greetings.
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