David RICARDO (1772–1823). L.A.S., London, May 5, 1819; 1¼ pages, in-4 (tear repaired with gummed paper, trace of a tab); in English. As steward of the upcoming annual meeting of the Hospital’s Governors, he must find a clergyman to deliver the sermon for the benefit of the Institution at the cathedral on the Sunday preceding the summer session: “I have been […] appointed steward of the upcoming annual meeting of the Governors of the Hospital this year, and it is my duty to request a clergyman to preach the sermon for the benefit of the Institution at the Cathedral on the Sunday preceding the summer assizes.” That is why he asks his correspondent to kindly deliver the sermon…