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Biddulph apologizes in advance for a request that his friend Rogers is about to make, but assures him that Rogers' motives are good.
Date
1-3-1831
Keywords
Taunton, Sir Thomas Acland, Robert Vashon Rogers
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Biddulph, Thomas, "Letter to Philander Chase" (1831). Philander Chase Letters. 873.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/873
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Bristol, Jany. 3. 1831
My dear Sir,
You may perhaps remember a transient interview which I had the pleasure of enjoying with you, when I met you in the street at Taunton in company with Sir Thomas Ackland; & you have, I believe, in your Library a trifling memorial of my affectionate wishes for the prosperity of your interesting work at Ohio, in the shape of three volumes of [essays] on the Liturgy of the church of England.
I am induced to mention these circumstances as an apology for complying with the request of a [young] friend, the Revd. Robt. [Vashon] Rogers, who will himself explain his reason of his making the request to me with which I cheerfully comply. I have known Mr. R nearly seven years, & believe him to be a pious faithful & right-minded servant of our common Lord & Master, & I trust that, in the proposal he is about to make to you, he is guided by pure & holy motives.
Be assured, my dear Sir, that I feel a lively interest in all your important proceedings, whenever the public prints of this country bring any of them to my knowlede [sic], & that my prayer is that the Lord may prosper them all.
Believe me to be with much respect & esteem, my dear Sir,
Your unworthy [but] affecte. servt. & brother
ThS. T. Biddulph