BIB_ID
419053
Accession number
MA 9987.11
Creator
Davies, William, active 19th century.
Display Date
Lymm, England, 1892 October 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.6 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.
On stationery with engraved letterhead: "Baycliffe, / Lymm, / Cheshire."
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).
On stationery with engraved letterhead: "Baycliffe, / Lymm, / Cheshire."
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
Writing of his physical and mental suffering; describing the insights on religion and philosophy that he has gained in the course of his illness; saying that he looks forward to reading Knight's books, including the "Coleorton Memorials" which he has just received from the London Library; adding that he is glad to hear that Knight has "the consolations of domestic life" and he would like to make the acquaintance of his family in the future: "I remain bachelor, and shall do so to my life's end."
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