HOW (William Walsham, 1823-1897, Suffragan Bishop of London, 1879, first Bishop of Wakefield, 1888, author of 'For All the Saints')

Signature 'Wm. Walsham Bedford' and subscription on a fragment of a letter to the Rt. Rev. John Richardson Selwyn, (1844-1898, 2nd Bishop of Melanesia, 1877-1890), giving the writer's address for two days as 40 Charlotte Street, Edgbaston, on the other side asking "Are you raising funds for Melanesia? If so, I could ask the Church-Wardens if they could let you have an offertory. But any how the people, who are of a very respectable middle class, wd like to hear about your work ...", 2¾" x 4½", 40 Charlotte Street, Edgbaston, no date, circa

Although How's title as suffragan was 'of Bedford', his work was in the East End of London.

Item Date:  1885

Stock No:  54629      £20

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