BIB_ID
429226
Accession number
MA 23267.1
Creator
Hastie, W. (William), 1842-1903.
Display Date
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1893 October 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (10 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Written from "16 Mentone Terrace / Edinburgh."
This letter is part of a small collection of eight autograph letters signed from W. Hastie to Professor Knight (MA 23267.1-8).
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 eight autograph letters signed from W. Hastie to Professor Knight (MA 23267.1-8).
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning his candidacy for a position; thanking him for his interest and sending him the Testimonials he submitted on his first application for the position; relating at length his failed previous application for the position which went to John Cunningham; relating details of the controversy surrounding him in Calcutta, defending his position and discussing his writings during the time he was in Calcutta.
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