Identity area
Reference code
IE IJA N/16/15
Title
Letter from John Henry Newman, The Oratory, Birmingham to the Coadjutor Bishop of Dromore concerning his decision to resign his position in the University
Date(s)
- 2 April 1857 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
3pp
Context area
Name of creator
(1801-90)
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from John Henry Newman, The Oratory, Birmingham to the Coadjutor Bishop of Dromore concerning his decision to resign his position in the University. Remarks 'My age is now considerable, my contemporaries are dying or failing around me...I do not like the prospect of being taken away without having given my last years to my congregation at Birmingham.'