William Ward, Bristol, to James Deakin, Glasgow, 12 April 1820.

Bristol   April 12, 1820.

My dear Sir,

         Mr King of Birmingham, has communicated to me your very kind request that I should make your house my habitation while at Glasgow. Accept my very sincere respects, & best thanks. I feel rather doubtful, in consequence of the agitated state of your country whether this be the right time to visit Scotland; & I should be glad of a line from you or Br. Anderson of Edinburgh if you think my journey should be delayed. If I receive a line from you or him, I shall leave London for Edinburgh on the 3d or 4th of May, though I shall hardly arrive at your capital before the 20th through delays on the road. A line directed to No 60, Paternoster-Row, London, if delay be necessary will oblige. I shall go to Edinburgh first, to consult with Br. Anderson. Permit me to remain with very great respect, My dear Sir, Yrs very faithfully

                                                               W Ward

Text: Timothy Whelan, Baptist Autographs in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 1741-1845 (Macon: Mercer University Press, 2009), p. 197 (annotated version); also Raffles Handlist, fasc. 34, fol. 21, John Rylands University Library of Manchester.  This letter is written on a printed notice of letters from two missionaries—Adoniram Judson to John Lawson, and William Robinson to John Ryland. This fascicle also contains a printed letter by John Dyer of the BMS.