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  Canning Place Glasgow
  Feb 25. 1833
  My dear Madam,
   

  The communication you did me the
  honour to address to me at 18 Aldermanbury
  did not reach me till this morning.
  This delay must be my apology for
  a silence what you perhaps have
  censured, but will now forgive.
  It affords me much pleasure to
  find that you contemplate the pub-
  lication of a volume which I doubt
  not will be highly interesting to every
  sincere _^^friend of the Abolition of Slavery.
  I much fear whether any thing which
  I can contribute will be worthy a
  place among its pages, but I cannot
  refuse to comply with a request
  which will confer upon me so high an
  honour as that of being [unclear] with
  the names you have mentioned: I will
  therefore in a few days forward you
  a prose contribution.

  It will afford we much satisfaction
  to aid the circulation of the work
  when published, and if you would allow
  me to offer a suggestion, I would say, the
  sooner it appears the better.

  I feel greatly obliged by your very
  kind invitation to visit Wincobank should
  I again be in the neighbourhood of Sheffield.
  I am sorry the pleasure was precluded
  when last near you.

  I have now been upwards of a fortnight
  in Scotland and have held Six Meetings[?]
  in Glasgow. Three of them were called
  for the purpose of debating hour by hour
  the merits of the question with Borthwick
  the Advocate of the West Indians.

  The last discussion took place last
  Thursday evening when the question was
  decided by a shew of hands. For gradual
  emancipation as recommended by the
  [new?] Slavery [party?] about 150 or 200 appeared
  for Immediate emancipation as set forth
  by our Society 2400 appeared. This result
  was obtained notwithstanding the most
  strenuous efforts made by the opposite
  party to procure a contrary decision[.]

  With Kindest regards to Mr. & Mrs. Read
  and every other member of your
  much respected family, believe
  me Dear Madam

  With high esteem
  Your Very Humble & Devoted St
  G. Thompson
  Mrs. M. A. Rawson
   
  [addressed:]
  Mrs. W. B. Rawson
  Joseph Read Esq
  Wincobank Hall
     Near Sheffield
   
  G. Thompson