Autograph letter signed : St. Andrews, New Brunswick, to W.A. Knight, 1901 Sept. 18.

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Autograph letter signed : St. Andrews, New Brunswick, to W.A. Knight, 1901 Sept. 18.

Enclosing a Wordsworth inquiry and telling of his trip West and to the Canadian Mountains; he mentions the mountain-climber, Edward Whymper.

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Knight, William Angus, 1836-1916

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