[ George Isaac Huntingford, as Bishop of Hereford. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('G. I. Hereford') to 'Mr. Hayter', arguing against 'the extreme Impropriety' of what he sees as a liturgical innovation.

1p., 8vo. 23 lines of text. In fair condition, slightly aged and worn, with some repair with archival tape. Offering an interesting insight into everyday ecclesiastical management in Regency England. The letter begins: 'I cannot find, what I once sent to you as having been well educated, a printed paper. The purport of it was to shew the extreme Impropriety of laying a stress on the word "Us", in the sentence "Lord have mercy upon Us". The term "Liturgy" implies "Public Service to All Sorts & Conditions of Men." By laying the stress upon "Us," we destroy the very nature of a Public Service, & limit it to those Only who are in the Church or Chapel with us.' He continues on the point, before asking Hayter to 'call on the Gentleman who teaches our College Choristers to read; & in my name desire him to accustom our boys to respect the sentence "Lord have mercy upon us, & Have mercy upon us", according to the long established & Most Proper way'.