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BRONTË PATRICK (1777-1861)

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Irish and British Anglican priest and author, father of the Brontë children. Signed autograph letter, signed « P. Brontë », Haworth 5 December 1850, to John GREENWOOD, book-dealer in Haworth ; 1 page oblong in-8 format (a few slittings to paper) This document contains a book order for works by Dr CUMMING (Dr Cumming’s Sermons before the Queen), and The Churchman’s Almanack of 1851. Reverenad Brontë lived alone in the curacy of Haworth with Charlotte, his only surviving child since Branwell and Emily died in 1848 and Anne in 1849.