BIB_ID
419013
Accession number
MA 9987.4
Creator
Davies, William, active 19th century.
Display Date
Warrington, England, 1862 November 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.5 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.
Davies gives the place of writing as "Sankey Street / Warrington."
With extensive editorial markings, presumably made by Knight, who quotes from Davies's letters in his "Retrospects" (Smith, Elder & Co, 1904).
This collection, MA 9987, is comprised of twenty-two letters and postcards from William Davies to William Angus Knight, written between 1862 and 1895. See the collection-level record for more information (MA 9987.1-22)..
Davies gives the place of writing as "Sankey Street / Warrington."
With extensive editorial markings, presumably made by Knight, who quotes from Davies's letters in his "Retrospects" (Smith, Elder & Co, 1904).
This collection, MA 9987, is comprised of twenty-two letters and postcards from William Davies to William Angus Knight, written between 1862 and 1895. See the collection-level record for more information (MA 9987.1-22)..
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning their developing friendship; recalling a trip to the Highlands; saying that he does not find his current occupation congenial and hopes to move to Italy in two years' time; inviting Knight to come visit him there; giving his thoughts on a book by Dora Greenwell; discussing science, faith, and literature; mentioning some etchings by James Smetham.
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