Autograph Letter in the third person from Samuel Hallifax [Halifax], Bishop of Gloucester, to the London bookseller Thomas Cadell, giving instructions regarding presentation copies of a work of his.

12mo, 1 p. Ten lines, written lengthwise. Text clear and complete. Addressed on reverse to 'Mr. Cadell, Bookseller, Stran[d]'. Clearly relating to Hallifax's 'Sermon preached before the Lords spiritual and temporal', published by Cadell in 1782. He is sending a 'List of Presents to persons out of London'. Copies for 'the Mansf[iel]d Waggon' are 'to be sent on Sunday evening to Smithfield; the twenty-one copies for 'Dr Jowett of Cambridge need not be wrapped up in separate papers'. The Bishop of Worcester should 'have his Present to night', having told Hallifax that he 'wd have it to day'.