Mr. Alderman Pirie is the best Treasurer we can have — he unites Church & Dissent, all isms, and noism — Try hard for him; & for Mr. Piper Senr. & Dr. [Price?], Mr. W. A. Hankey, & G. F. Angos (Angas) as Trustees — with Mr Joseph Sturgeon & Mr Ald. Pirie as Treasurer, — they unite all interests. & the name of each is mighty. If the list presents these it will be a powerful one.
When will you come hither? As soon as you can I shall be glad to see you — the earlier in the week the better for sleeping, & for me.
Thank you for the Antiq. Tracts. I have found in them the Horn-book.
I am mindless — the drain from the spinal chord continues — The summer has set in gloriously, & the heat compels me to sit at home listless all day, & with my pen powerless. Even Faustus is unread. There is [staple?] in Goethe's Life.
"Lord Dudley's Letters," to Dr Coppleston is the title to a book.2 Richmond people say there is nothing in it! Read it.
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