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Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to "My dear Lord" [Lord Loughborough], 1794 September 10.

BIB_ID
195819
Accession number
MA 13555
Creator
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Display Date
1794 September 10.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.6 x 18.8 cm
Notes
The Rev. James Etty was Rector of Whitchurch, Oxfordshire, a valuable living in the gift of Lord Loughborough.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Concerning the successful efforts made on behalf of a young clergyman (Rev. James Etty) to assure that a benefice be preferred upon him, i.e.: "In order that the young Clergyman, whom I took the liberty of recommending to your Lordship, might take advantage of your goodness to him - Dr. Stebbing has this day in due form resigned the Rectory of Whitchurch. The bishop of Oxford, who does everything to facilitate & expedite the Business, will hold a private ordination on the thirteenth of October to put Mr. Etty into Priests order & to institute him to the Cure ..."