BIB_ID
429502
Accession number
MA 23289.4
Creator
Heard, William Augustus, Rev., 1847-1921.
Display Date
London, England, 1890? January 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.3 cm
Notes
The year of writing is not provided however Rev. Heard became Headmaster at Fettes College, Edinburgh in January 1890.
Written on mourning stationery from 2, Little Dean's Yard, / Westminster, S.W." on stationery engraved with the address.
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 mourning stationery from 2, Little Dean's Yard, / Westminster, S.W." on stationery engraved with the address.
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
Telling Knight he had just received a telegram informing him he had been elected Head Master; adding "What shall I first say? first by far that I thank you with all my heart for your unwavered advocacy of my claim : but for you I should not have been successful. I put this very strongly - as I feel too the inadequacy of these words. I feel ashamed to ask more - but it would help Fettes very much, if you could aid me towards getting an intimation made to Cotterill that the choice was between me & a stranger. I am afraid there is a sore feeling - at least amongst his family. His Mother-in-law with her daughters & their families sat next to us yesterday at the Pantomime, & neither to me nor the children did they vouchsafe a look or a word, though I had to shake hands with one of their party...Of course this issue was then unknown - If this spirit affects our relations at Fettes it will be most unhappy...Silence is the only dignified or political course of action for me; I only tell you all for friendship sake."
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