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Dr. Mill to the Warden.
College, Ely,
November 12, 1853.
My dear Williams,
I only received this morning your letter of the 9th, and lose no time in replying to it. It may seem strange, but I really cannot tell whether your name is on the list of those who subscribe the Address to the Eastern Prelates, or not. Most certainly, if it is there, it has been so placed, not by your desire expressed by word or letter, but in consequence of what the Secretary has heard from me, as sure of your acquiescence in being so placed. You will believe me when I say, that I would by no means have expressed such security, unless I did at the time really entertain it in my own mind. But I shall not the less regret, if it be so, that it did not occur to me to think there might be reasons for your withholding your name, and to ask your express consent first.
I write by this post to Mr. Neale, who has all the names, to write to you at once, whether yours is among them; and if so, whether (if he knows) it was inserted before, or after the date you mention. This will save the delay of its coming through me here, or at Cambridge.
I came back but yesterday from London, where
