William Steadman, Bradford, to Isaac Mann, Shipley, (undated), on a Friday evening.

My d.r brother

   I received your parcel just after M.r Davies had let out & will attend to your suggestions.

   On account of the Market on Thursday it will be necessary to have the Association on Tuesday & Wednesday.  I will thank you to inform M.r Lister.

   With respects to M.rs Mann &c I am

               My d.r brr

                          Yrs affly

                                       W Steadman

Friday evg

Text: Eng. MS. 861, f. 66, John Rylands University Library of Manchester.  Letter is written c. 1814-1816, during Mann’s tenure at Shipley. Isaac Mann (1785-1831) ministered to Baptist churches at Burslem, Staffordshire; Shipley, Yorkshire; and Maze Pond, Southwark. James Lister (d. 1851) was the Baptist minister at Lime Street (later Hope Street), Liverpool, 1803-1847.