Author:
Ernest Hawkins (1802-1868), Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral, and Secretary to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts [Samuel Wilberforce (1805-1873), Bishop of Oxford]
Publication details:
On letterhead of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 79 Pall Mall, London. 21 January 1865.
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.
