['I want to be understood': Frances Rolleston, abolitionist, educator, author and painter.] Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Miss Hilditch’, regarding 'knowledge of divine truth' and the book she is publishing ('Mazzaroth'?).

Author: 
Frances Rolleston (1781-1864) of Keswick, abolitionist, educator, and author of Mazzaroth
Publication details: 
‘Thursday’ (no date or place). [Before the publication of Mazzaroth in 1862?]
£50.00
SKU: 26239

See the 2017 biography by Jane S. Poole, ‘Frances Rolleston / British lady, scholar and writer of Mazzaroth’. 1p, 32mo. Fourteen lines, written in a small hand on one side of a slip of paper. In fair condition, aged and worn, with glue from mount adhering to reverse, which is addressed ‘For / Miss Hilditch’. The letter reads: ‘My Dear Miss H./ / from your love of the scriptures & knowledge of divine truth your impression of my work is most valuable to me. I send more “Authorities”. do they amount to proof? I think they do. if you can point out anything that wants strengthening, it can now be done, any difficulty, and I can now clear it. I want to be understood by those that do not know the original languages. Many thanks for the trouble you have taken. / Yrs obliged / F Rolleston’.