Autograph letter signed to an unnamed correspondent [Burney?]

Author: 
Samuel Butler
Publication details: 
Shrewsbury, 12 Dec. 1823.
£50.00
SKU: 1426

Classical scholar, headmaster of Shrewsbury, Bishop of Lichfield (1774-1839). One page, 4to, good condition. He has seen than his correspondent is a subsciber to "the adult orphan scheme" and solicits his vote for the sister of a pupil of his of whom he gives details including that she is one of twelve children of a deceased vicar, none of whom have yet been provoded for. He suggests places they might meet. In a postscript he mentions that his correspondent will receive a book of his.