Identity area
Reference code
Glover/A/A1/3/5/2
Unique identifier
GB 275 Glover/A/A1/3/5/2
Title
ALS to T. R. Glover
Date(s)
- 3 Feb. 1906 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 p. paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1847-1939)
Biographical history
Professor of Moral Philosophy at Queen's University, Kingston.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Admits his reluctance to support Glover's friend as a candidate for a possible Latin vacancy at Queens University, Kingston. Sends news of his wife, and his daughter Nellie and her recent marriage to Mr A. J. Goodearle, Manager of the Turbine Steamboat Company in Hamilton. Describes his work on metaphysics, 'trying to get some sort of metaphysical scheme'. Details Macnaghton's insomnia. Mentions his own abstinence from tobacco and alcohol. Reports that Pike and Nicholson are also seriously ill. Refers to Jordon, Cappon, and Shortt. Discusses British politics in light of the recent election.