Ecclesiastiques

Walter Farquhar Hook Dean of Chichester. Three Autograph Letters Signed one in full and two 'W F Hook' to the wife of the Birmingham attorney Josiah Corrie.

Best.-Nr. 14215 — First letter from Spark Brook 26 July 1828; second letter from St Nicholas Place Coventry 16 April 1829; third letter without place or date 1871. The three items in good condition on lightly-aged paper the second letter having a few very short closed tears on fold lines. The first two signed 'W F Hook' and the third 'Walter Farquhar Hook'. ONE 26 July 1828: 2pp. 12mo. Apologising because 'waiting upon' the Corries will now be impossible as 'Sir Robert and Lady Wilmot intend to come on a Visit': His Mother will not be able to see Sir Robert so Hook will be 'compelled to stay at home to entertain him'. TWO 16 April 1829: 2pp. 4to. On gilt-edged bifolium. The reverse of the second leaf is addressed with postmark and seal in red wax to 'Mrs Corrie Woodfield Moseley Birmingham'. He begins by making arrangements for a christening at Moseley Chapel on the Friday of Easter Week adding: 'Pray do not put yourself to any inconvenience with respect to a Bed as I shall sleep at Dr Johnstone's Dr John Johnstone 1768-1836 who would become Hook's father-in-law in June of that year and I trust you will pardon me for declining your kind Invitation as I shall wish to return to the Monument as soon as I have administered the Sacrament to your Little One'. He concludes by thanking her for her 'kind Congratulations and good wishes'. The third letter is undated and with a mourning border possibly dating from the time of Hook's wife's death in 1871. Accepting a dinner invitation and sending his sister's best wishes. First letter from Spark Brook, 26 July 1828; second letter from St Nicholas Place, Coventry, 16 April 1829; third letter without unknown