Edingburg may 28th 1792 |
| D[ea]r Sir, etc. etc. |
| With respect I
take this oppertunity [sic] to acquaint you (by Mr.
Ford - an acquaintance of mine who is to go to Day for London)
that I am in health - hope that you & Wife is well - I have
sold books at Glasgow & Paisley, & came here on the
18th. ult. I hope next month to go to Dunde [sic],
Perth, & Aberdeen - - Sir, I am sorry to tell you that some
Rascal or Rascals have asserted in the news parpers [sic]
Viz. oracle of the 25th. of april, & the star. 27th. - that
I am a native of a Danish Island, Santa Cruz, in the W[es]t
Indias. the assertion has hurted the sale of my Books - I have
now the aforesaid oracle & will be much obliged to you to
get me the Star, & take care of it till' you see or hear
from me - Pray ask Mr. & Mrs. Peters who Lodged in the next
Room to me, if they have found a Little Round Gold Breast Buckel,
or broach, sett in or with fine stones - if they have, I will
pay them well for it. - & if they have found it pray write
to me on that account Directly. & if tis not found you need
not write on that account * (& the Direction is to me, to
be left at the Post office here). my best Respect to my fellow
members of your society - I hope they do yet increase - I do
not hear in this place that there is any such societys - I think
Mr. Alex[ande]r Mathews in Glasgow told me that there was (or
is) some there - Sir on Thursday the 24th Inst. - I was in the
General assembely [sic] of the Church of Scotland,
now Convened & they agreed unanimously on a petition, or
an address to the House of Lords to abolish the Slave Trade
- & on which account I gave them an address of thanks in
two news papers - which is well Rece[ive]d. I find the Scotchmen
is not Like the Irish - or English - nor yet in their Houses
- which is to High - Especially here But thanks to God the Gospel
is Plantifully [sic] preached here - & the Churches,
or Karks is well filled - I hope the good Lord will enable me
to hear & to profit, & to hold out to the end - &
keep me from all such Rascals as I have met with in London -
Mr. Lewis wrote me a Letter within 12 Days after I Left you
& acquaint[e]d me of that villain who owed me above £200
- Dying on the 17th. of april - & that is all the comfort
I got from him since - & now I am again obliged to slave
on more than before if possible - as I have a Wife. |
| May God ever keep you &
me from a tachement to this evil World, & the things of
it - I think I shall be happy when time is no more with me,
as I am Resolved ever to Look to Jesus Christ - & Submit
to his Preordainations - |
| D[ea]r Sir, - I am with Christian
Love to you & Wife - etc. |
Gustavus Vassa |
The African |
| J Gurnell |
| P.S. - pray get me the Gentlemen's Magazine for April 1792
& take care of it for me. |
| * it was wraped [sic] up in a bit of paper - |
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