BIB_ID
429505
Accession number
MA 23289.2
Creator
Heard, William Augustus, Rev., 1847-1921.
Display Date
London, England, 1889 December 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.6 x 11.3 cm
Notes
The year of writing is not provided; however, the letter concerns tickets for the interment of Robert Browning. Browning died December 12, 1889.
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
Discussing tickets for Robert Browning's interment; saying that he received Knight's postcard about Browning but has not had time to deal with it before now; adding "I am doing my utmost - but you cannot imagine the pressure for admission : [illegible] calculates [illegible] 3000 applications for space which will hold only 650;" referring to his hopes of getting Knight a ticket for the "...South Transept where the interment is. I could not get one for myself - but I have represented that you are a public man. It is possible I may get you one - but I cannot be sure. It depends on Duckworth who is now at Osborne. If this fails I think I shall be able to put you in to the seat assigned to me in the Choir - which will be narrow & I could go with you. If the worst comes to the worst, we can get you inside some how...You will put up here? Since my wife's death I have had to...;" the remaining portion of the letter is missing.
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