[Edgar Jacob, Bishop of St Albans; Colenso.] Autograph Letter Signed to Rev. R. Wilkins appealing for English Church Union subscribers to ?help towards undoing the mischief? caused by Bishop Colenso?s ?defection? in Natal.

See Jacob?s entry, and Colenso?s, in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded twice. Addressed to ?The / Revd. R. Wilkins?. The letter (clearly a circular addressed to members of the English Church Union) begins without salutation: ?If you could raise even a few pounds in your branch it would be a great help towards undoing the mischief which the defection of the Chief Pastor of teh Church in Natal has caused, & would be a great encouragement to the colonists in any future attempt to provide for the two [large?] neglected districts still unrepresented by the Church. Please accept this as my excuse for troubling you - / And / Believe me / faithfully yours / Edgar Jacob.? In a postscript Jacob apologizes for being ?unable owing to press of work to write to you before leaving Oxford.? He then gives a list of seven subscribers, headed by ?The Bishop of Oxford? (a pound) and ?The Chancellor of the Exchequer? (five guineas). Beneath this list, at the foot of the second page, is a list in what is probably Wilkins? hand, of four individual contributions totaling ?3 1s 6d, from the ?Exeter Branch E. C. U. &c &c?.