Autograph Letter Signed ('John W Burgon') to 'D[ear] L.'

12mo, 2 pp. Good on lightly aged paper. Folded twice. Traces of previous mount adhering to reverse of blank second leaf of bifolium. The recipient 'cannot be more conservative' than Burgon himself. 'But remember - it is the interpretation of the Rubric in question which is causing us all this difficulty. I think the (so called) Rubric ought to be cancelled; & an authoritative declaration substituted for it.' Until this happens 'men must submit to the Laws & authority explained', and 'it cannot be pretended (and for saying this I have your express sanction) that the Vestments have any doctrinal significancy'.