FARRAR (Frederick W., 1831-1903, Dean of Canterbury & Author of Children’s Stories)

Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Dear Mr Dean’, saying that his “kind invitation is very tempting, but I am so overcrowded with engagements that I am forced to decline. I have no less tthan six or sever extra special sermons this month alone at the top of all my regular preaching & tying parochial work & heavy correspondence (I have just despatched some twenty letters etc) & a great pressure of literary & other work. Hence I have no choice but to say No...”, 3 sides 8vo., 17 Dean’s Yard, Westminster, 5th November no year

Farrar was a cleric of the Church of England, schoolteacher and author. He was a pallbearer at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882. He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles secret society. He was the Archdeacon of Westminster from 1883 to 1894, and Dean of Canterbury Cathedral from 1895 until his death in 1903.

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Stock No:  41969      £65

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