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Collection of autograph letters signed : Edinburgh, to William Angus Knight, 1893-1897.

BIB_ID
81528
Accession number
MA 9188.1-5
Creator
Calderwood, Henry, 1830-1897.
Display Date
1893-1897.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
5 items (15 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.4 cm
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.
All letters are on stationery with the University of Edinburgh seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
A collection of 5 autograph letters signed to William Angus Knight; written between 1893 and 1897 from Edinburgh, discussing fellowships and lectures connected with the University of Edinburgh, particularly the Shaw Fellowship in Mental Philosophy and the Gifford Lectures, colleagues such as Robert Flint and James Seth, and the theses of students that he and Knight are supervising. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.