Excerpt from The Eve of Catholic Emancipation, Vol. 3 of 3: Being the History of the English Catholics During the First Thirty Years of the Nineteenth Century, 1820-1829

Early in the year 1817, the Rev. Paul Macpherson resigned the agency of the English bishops. He had found the work heavy, and was himself becoming an old man. He had also had some differences with Dr. Poynter during the latter's Visit to Rome, as we have seen, while on the other hand, Cardinal Litta had always treated him with a certain suspicion. It was natural that he should prefer to give his time to the service of the Scotch bishops, and now that there was a prospect of the Scots' College being re-established, he looked upon that as his chief work. The English bishops, though grateful for his past services, did not oppose his resignation. The Rev. Robert Smelt being now dead, l they had enough money to pay their own agent, and it was evidently to their advantage to have one who could give his Whole time and thought to their interests. Their Choice fell on the Rev. Robert Gradwell.

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