| Description | P.'s previous letter arrived too late at Portsmouth and was returned, with the copy of Thornton's 'Family Herbal' which he had sent them; has heard of death of Dr. John; S. and R. will miss his advice but will carry on his work and plans; has good reports of reader, Abdul Masih, and work begun in Agra, where Corrie, East India Company's chaplain, helps him; Calcutta friends have been authorised to draw from CMS up to £1000 to support work in India; they should consult with Mr. Thompson at Madras as to their plans and present their services to Dr. John's successor; sends letter to Dr. Caemmerer and Kolhoff; must not interfere except as Danish mission wishes; since they left the "disturber of Europe" has been dethroned and banished to an island in the Mediterranean and the French king returned in triumph to his native country [copy] |