[Edmund Stonor, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Trebizond.] Eleven Autograph Letters Signed, in a collection of fifteen items of correspondence to his London lawyers Philip Witham and F. R. Ward. With two letters from Judge Henry James Stonor.

Fifteen items of correspondence, including eleven autograph letters from Stonor himself, eight signed 'Edmund Stonor', the other three '+ Edmund Stonor | Abp of Trebizond'. The collection aged and worn, with fraying to edges. The items attached with a brass stud. Regarding the two recipients, prominent solicitors serving the Irish and Roman Catholic interests in London, Philip Witham (1843-1921) - whose firm was Roskell, Witham, Munster and Weld - appears to have succeed F. R. Ward at 1 Gray's Inn Square. The main topic of the correspondence is the drafting in 1888 of Stonor's will. Other topics include: an allowance to a family member, and a request for information about a London solicitor visiting Rome. The other four items in the collection are: ALS to Stonor from Ward; carbon copy of ALS to Stonor from Witham; two ALsS to Witham from the judge Henry James Stonor (1820-1908; Who Was Who), in one of which (21 June 1896) he discusses the Bishop's role as 'a kind of "Chargé d'affaires" for all the English Catholics Lays & secular & then friends', for whom he 'does all he can', considering that 'he ought to be assisted'.