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Pratt sends copies of the "British Review," "Christian Observer," and the "Appeal." Suggestions for Chase's trip to Cambridge and trip back to London.
Date
1-31-1824
Keywords
England voyage, Christian Observer, Appeal, Mr. Evans, Manchester, Mr. Venn, England, Cambridge
Recommended Citation
Chase, Philander, "Letter to Josiah Pratt" (1824). Philander Chase Letters. 483.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/483
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London, Jan 31st 1824
Right Rev. and Dear Sir
I wrote to you, yesterday, by post, and, to-day, sent a parcel, by coach, containing copies of the Numbers, just published, of the “Christian Observer” and the “British Review”; both of which will give you much satisfaction. This morning, on returning home to my house, I found your letter of the 29th (Thursday), wherein you say that on “Friday next” you shall proceed to Mr. Evans’s, near Derby. On the presumption that you meant yesterday, I forward this Letter to Allestree: but, in case you should have meant the following Friday, I request Mr. Evans to forward this Letter to you to Manchester. I have sent, with the B Review and C Observer, 30 copies of the “Appeal”, supposing that more might be wanted.
If you have done, in the parts which you have visited, what you may seem expedient, I should think that the ground is now prepared for your returning to London. In my Letter to you of yesterday, I stated that Mr. Venn had prepared the way for you at Cambridge, so that many friends would bid you welcome there; but, as you could, any day, proceed to Cambridge for London in a few hours, perhaps the University could be fuller a short time hence, though I do not think that a reason for your delaying your visits if other circumstances should induce you to hasten it: only I should wish to know a few days before you go, that I might forward Letters and copies of the Appeal to Cambridge, and [appraise] upon the [?] to whom they could be sent.
If you were in London by the middle of February, I think it could be in good time. I pray God, Dear Sir, to direct your path, and to crown you and your labours to promote the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour with His loving kindness and [?] mercy. In these desires and prayers my family unite with, Right Reverend Sir,
Your [faithful] affectionate Servant,
Josiah Pratt