BIB_ID
81502
Accession number
MA 8841.1-20
Creator
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913.
Display Date
1883-1907, and undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
20 items (42 pages) ; various sizes
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.
Four letters have no year of writing.
John Lubbock was named to the peerage in 1900 and chose the title "Avebury"; letters in this collection are signed "Lubbock" before that year, and "Avebury" afterwards.
Four letters have no year of writing.
John Lubbock was named to the peerage in 1900 and chose the title "Avebury"; letters in this collection are signed "Lubbock" before that year, and "Avebury" afterwards.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
A collection of 19 autograph letters signed and 1 postcard to William Angus Knight; written between 1883 and 1907, and possibly in other years, from St. Andrews, London, and several other locations in England and Scotland; concerning golf games, each other's books, politics, scientific and religious questions, and family news. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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