Baptist Noel, Walthamstow, to unnamed correspondent, 11 August [1841].
Sir,
I am sorry to be unable to comply with your request. If I was the author of the line in question, I have forgotten the circumstance & the lines themselves nor have I a copy of them. Allow me to subscribe myself Sir
Yr obedt Servt
B. W. Noel
Walthamstow. Augst 11.
Address: none
Postmark: none
[“1841” added in unknown hand]
Text: Baptist Wriothesley Noel Letters, RG no. 1366, American Baptist Historical Society Archives, Atlanta.