Autograph Letter Signed to his former pupil Richard Twining, with a transcription in Twining's hand.

8vo, 2 pp. Leaf dimensions 21 x 16.5 cm. On good wove paper. 29 lines. Text clear and complete. On the first leaf of the bifolium, with the transcription, presumably by Twining, on the recto of the second. Addressed by Parr to Twining at Devereux Court in the Strand, on the reverse of the second leaf, which carries Parr's broken seal in red wax, and a postmark. In good condition, though a little grubby. Parr's handwriting is legendarily bad (he received a flogging at Harrow because of it, and never reformed), and although the transcriber has made a game effort, there are a few lacunae. The letter begins 'The name of Twining has long been endear'd to my mind by the intellectual and moral excellencies of the Persons to whom it belonged. The accomplishment and good sense of your Father will never be forgotten.' He praises Thomas Twining, before adding 'I gladly recognise Richard as my old and worthy Pupil at Norwich.' He thanks him for his repeated 'meritorious attention to me and my young man'. He is in his seventy-eighth year, and has 'little chance of visiting the Capital again', but invites Twining to call on him in Warwickshire, asking him not to be 'content with giving me a hurrying morning call - take your dinner and your bed at my parsonage'. He would be 'glad, very glad' to shake hands with Twining's 'justly esteemed Father'.