BIB_ID
429508
Accession number
MA 23289.5
Creator
Heard, William Augustus, Rev., 1847-1921.
Display Date
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1890? January 7.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.3 cm
Notes
The year of writing is not provided however it is written from Glencourse House, which was one of the Boys Houses at Fettes College. Heard was elected Head Master of Fettes College in 1890.
Written on mourning stationery from Glencourse House.
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 Glencourse House.
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 possible application deadlines at Oxford for Knight's son Herbert; expressing his appreciation to Knight "...for seeing Constable. The terms seem to me very moderate & the specimens they submit of printers & binding are very good. I shall accept the offer...Very many thanks for your negotiations. I will return the books to Constable."
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