Autograph Letter signed from Ernest Hawkins, secretary to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, to the Bishop of Oxford, reporting on a board meeting, and the efforts of the committee to 'avoid all the evils of a contest'.

4pp, 12mo. Bifolium. Fair, on lightly-aged light-blue paper. He begins: 'My dear Lord, | You may be glad to know what took place at our Board yesterday'. He begins by describing the 'not a little dissatisfaction expressed at the non-fulfillment of their order to name the fitted Candidate. We pleaded however that it would have been altogether unbecoming to proceed - against the declared wish of the President as well as of yourself & of the Bishop of Llandaff for some delay'. An adjournment has been agreed upon 'to receive the name of "one or more Candidates" from the Cee. - and we think that if such as the Bishops as take an interest in the subject can meet [...] a decision may be arrived at.' He hopes that they will be able to 'fix upon someone - by general consent - & avoid all the evils of a Contest which must be injurious to the Society'.