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Autograph letter signed : Whitby, to W.A. Knight, 1885 Aug. 26.

Record ID: 
190371
Accession number: 
MA 3459.12
Author: 
Campbell, James Dykes, 1838-1895.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description: 
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 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.

Summary: 

Hoping Knight was not inconvenienced by the long delay of the Coleridge letters; explaining why the letters were not returned sooner; describing at length his summer house and environs.

Provenance: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
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Department: 
Literary and Historical Manuscripts