BIB_ID
418976
Accession number
MA 9986.4
Creator
Davidson, Randall Thomas, 1848-1930.
Display Date
London, England, 1903(?) July 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.6 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.
This letter is part of a small collection of four autograph letters signed from Bishop Davidson to Professor Knight. See also MA 9986.1, MA 9986.2 and MA 9986.3.
Written on stationery embossed with the seal of The Athenæum and dated "(Lambeth) / July 20." The year is not provided but Davidson refers to the Reciprocity Campaign which suggests it is possible the year was 1903.
This letter is part of a small collection of four autograph letters signed from Bishop Davidson to Professor Knight. See also MA 9986.1, MA 9986.2 and MA 9986.3.
Written on stationery embossed with the seal of The Athenæum and dated "(Lambeth) / July 20." The year is not provided but Davidson refers to the Reciprocity Campaign which suggests it is possible the year was 1903.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Informing him that he has written to the Bishop of Worcester and encouraging him to make Knight's acquaintance; adding that he is "...interested to learn that you are in the thick of the Reciprocity Campaign."
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