Letter from the Rev. Canon [Edward] Hicks to L.T. Hobhouse

Letter from the [Rev. Canon Edward] Hicks (1843-1919), bishop of Lincoln, to L.T. Hobhouse (1864-1929), social philosopher and journalist, asking whether [John] Morley, politician and writer, can be prevailed upon [to speak at a meeting in Manchester against the Boer war], enclosing letters from a churchman named Blathwayt, and with reference to a leading article from the Manchester Guardian in June on the Franchise Pledge.