Richard Ryland, London, to Maria Grace Saffery, Salisbury, [Thursday], 21 January 1813.

London 21 Jan  1813

Sir

   Enclosed you have Bank post Bills for the amount mentioned by today’s Post – I have divided them as nearly to your wish as I could but the Bank do not issue them for odd Pounds under £20.

   I certainly shall not object to the addition during the high price of provisions which is truly deplorable.

               I am

                     < > obedt Servt

                                 R Ryland

Text: Timothy Whelan, gen. ed., Nonconformist Women Writers, 1720-1840 (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2011), vol. 6, p. 341 (annotated version); Saffery/Whitaker Papers, acc. 142, II.D.5.a.(34.), Angus Library. Address: Revd John Saffery | Salisbury. Postmark: 21 January 1813.