_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._