Author: THOMAS NAPPER
Title: It has been intimated to me that the Rev. George A. Ward, Fellow of Christ's Church College, Oxford and late Curate of Saint Martin's Church, in this town, intends seeking Church preferment again... in consequence of the nefarious notoriety he acquired by having seduced my wife> in proof of which, I beg to submit to your Lordship the following letters...
Description: 1853. Bifolium, 260 x 215 mm. printed three sides on blue paper, spotted. Top of second sheet is torn off, but present, with no loss. Thomas Napper was a surgeon from Dorking in Surrey whose wife was accused of having an affair with Rev. Ward in 1851. This document sets out the facts and includes reports of a Miss Jane Stower, who was sent to Lincoln to identify Ward, and letters from Charles Platt of Lincoln, a merchant, who appears to have been acting as an agent for Napper.

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