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Letter from H.S. Foxwell, Cambridge, to William Angus Knight, 1896 July 16 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
424535
Accession number
MA 22956.2
Creator
Foxwell, H. S. (Herbert Somerton), 1849-1936.
Display Date
Cambridge, England, 1896 July 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.9 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.
Written on the stationery of "St. John's College / Cambridge."
This letter is one of three letters from H.S. Foxwell to Professor Knight written in 1896 and 1897 (see also MA 22956.1 and MA 22956.3).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Thanking him for his letter "...in reference to the examination. I am also glad to hear that you have so successfully interested yourself on Stout's behalf. There is no doubt that the little man is a firstrate fellow in every way."