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Wesleyan Mission House
Freetown Sierra Leone May 8th 1842

My dear Christian and very affectionate friend,

From personal acquaintance I know you will be as much anxious as others to hear some intelligence of my Voyage Safe arrival, and the welcome reception of my Christian Brethren at home, consequently I make no least delay to embrace the present Opportunity, to write you a full account of my Voyage Safe arrival, and the joy of my country people, and friends; I thought I would have given you an earlier information but am sorry to say that when I began to write I found I have too many things to write as well as great many to write to, consequently it takes me a long time which cause you, not having a letter from me sooner, as you and I could wish; and as I could not do so, soon my mind was in fear lest you should think I have forgotten you, but that be far from me, although I do not now see your face in person, yet frequently the images of your family appear, as if seeing you face to face, and if we still bear, each other up, our hearts will yet continue one! and another cause is, that our voyage was rather longer than the ordinary calculation six weeks,. Now by this you will perceive that on 11th November in the morning of the last night I spent with you; I left London for gravesend at 11 O'Clock and joined on board the Steamer the company of the Gallant Missionaries, for the Western Africa, Symon Raslow and Annear the first one for the River Gambia, and the other two for Sierra Leone. We accompanied by two of the General Secretaries of our society - the Rev'd Milford Beechham, and Elijah Hoole, with their wives and children, to gravesend, where we went to an inn waiting the arrival of the Brig Charlotte Whyle. On Friday at 11 we sail from gravesend. In a short time we began to feel qualmish, on the third day, which is the Sabbath we had a great squall, by which the Vessel lean on her beam; in the most terrifying position, but then Sweet is the name of Jesus Sound in a believers ear it, Snowed and waves constantly poured in, which render the effect of the sea sick quite unusual, However mine was nothing compared to others of, especially one of the Missionaries whose Suffering from the effect was rather

Transcription Notes:
Gravesend is a town east of London, on the Thames near the coast.