Ira D. Sankey, Brooklyn, to C. H. Spurgeon, London, 24 May 1887.

Brooklyn N. Y.

May 24th /87

Dearly Beloved, C. H. Spurgeon,

         The bearer Rev. M. M. Gibson of San Francisco is a special friend of mine. He would just like to shake your hand, and say for himself and for me, God bless you.

         Your old friend

                                 Ira D. Sankey

Text: Special Collections, University of Aberystwyth Library, Aberystwyth, Wales. Most likely this is the wife of the son of the Baptist minister, Christmas Evans. My thanks to William Hines, formerly Information Services Departmental Fellow, Abersytwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales, for sharing images of these letters with me as well as backgrounds on the correspondents and individuals named in the letters.