_To the Reverend Mr. T――――._
_London, Aug. 29, 1751._
_My very dear Friend_,
AT length the struggle is over;――I have been dying daily for some
time, in taking leave of friends; and this afternoon I expect to go
on board the _Antelope_, Captain _Maclelan_, bound for _Georgia_, with
_Germans_.――I take several children with me.――Surely you will see the
_American_ land.――Mr. _E――――_, with your other friends, seem to concur
in thinking that a little travelling would do you service.――May the
LORD direct and bless you! Will you not write to me by _Cowan_? If
my dear friend Mr. _P――――_ could speak to that brewer that is so well
disposed, and he or any other would send in _Cowan_ a little good
beer, it would be acceptable in yonder wilderness.――Pray what says
Mr. _W――――_? If he should agree to go over, Mr. _W―――― R――――_ may be
applied to for cash.――I have several sweet little ones to put under
his care;――GOD’s will be done in this also! He reigneth, that is my
unspeakable consolation.――By next ship I believe will come a parcel
directed to Mr. _T――――_, with a folio book, and an hundred pictures of
_Aaron_ the _Indian_ preacher, from good Lady _H――――_, who is yet but
poorly.――Sixty may be disposed of among _Edinburgh_ friends, and forty
sent to Mr. _M――――_. The book you are to peruse, and then it must go
with the pictures to _Glasgow_.――Be pleased to apprize Mr. _T――――_ of
it, and desire him to send me a line by _Cowan_.――If possible, I will
answer Mr. _B――――_ before we leave the _Downs_. My tender love and
thanks await your dear father, family, and all friends. The LORD be
with you all, Amen and Amen! My horses sold for fourteen pounds. GOD
reward my benefactors! Perhaps Mr. _T――――_ and Dr. _Doddridge_ may go
off about the same time. _I præ sequar._ Mr. _H――――_ is better. And now,
my dear Sir, farewel! Be strong in the grace which is in CHRIST JESUS.
I commend you to his never-failing mercy, and, for his great name’s
sake, subscribe myself,
Yours most affectionately,
_G. W._