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[Hugh Boyd McNeile, Dean of Ripon.] Autograph Letter Signed from France to a 'Brother', in recommendation of 'Monsr. Rossellot', who is coming to England to promote the Female Orphan Asylum at Orleans.
Hugh Boyd McNeile (1795-1879), Dean of Ripon, controversial Anglican cleric, fiercely opposed to Tractarianism and Roman Catholicism [Rosselot; Orleans Orphanage]
Editorial: 'Paris 30 April ', 1842
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Añadir al carritoSee his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. Bifolium with thin mourning border. In poor condition, aged, worn and discoloured, with chipping and closed tears, but text clear and complete. The recipient ('My dear Friend') is not named. The letter's valediction reads: 'Your's my dear Brother / most affy. / Hugh McNeile'. (Whether or not McNeile's actual brother is unclear.) He explains that the bearer of the letter, 'Monsr. Rossellot', is 'the Pastor of a Protestant Church in Orleans', and that there is 'at Orleans a female Orphan Asylum, on behalf of which he is going to England'. McNeile was introduced to him by 'some friends here', and he has asked McNeile to 'give him a letter of introduction to some friend in Liverpool'. McNeile knows of 'no one who can be of so much service to him' as the recipient, 'in kindly forwarding the object he has in view'.…