William Wilberforce, London, to John Ryland, Jr., Bristol, 11 May [1824].

My dear Dr

  I will endeavour without delay to interest Mr Grant in behalf of ye St Helena people – I shall be glad however to see ye other Letter you speak of – Would I had been Halls Hearer – By ye way when you write next, can you tell me who is ye Author of ye very able article agst Antinomianism in the Eclectic for this Month – 

Eyes still weak, but I preferrd in yr Case a short & hurried Letter to ye formality of an ananuensis – 

  I am with Esteem & Regard

  My dear Dr

  yours sincerely

  W Wilberforce

Revd Dr Ryland

Text: Wilberforce-Ryland Letters, shelfmark MS. G97a, Bristol Baptist College Library, fol. 18 (dating of this letter is linked to the next entry).