Canning Place Glasgow
Feb 25. 1833
My dear Madam,
 

The communication you did me the
honour to address to me at 18 Aldermanbury
[18 Aldermanbury, London, was the location of Anti-slavery Society offices.]
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
 

Mrs. W. B. Rawson
Joseph Read Esq
Wincobank Hall
   Near Sheffield