Aswd Nov 7 [18]84 16 Talbot St Leek Staffordshire Eng Oct 13 [18]84 Dear Father: It is with a great amount satisfaction that I reply to your very excelent letter of the 22nd let^inst^, but to tell the honest truth I hardly know what to write about. When I undertake to write a letter I find it is hard work to think of any thing new to write. I see it is quite different with you, but then I suppose you would sooner have a poor one than none at all. After leaving the place where I last addressd you (on the 6th I believe) I wanderd into Derbyshire to a town rejoicing under the appellation of Glossop arriving there about five oclock and finding an open market in the centre of the town with a very inviting appearance for a meeting I determined to hold one though afoot & alone. There are no Saints in the town and not a soul did I know out of the thousands that might be seen hurrying to and fro on the streets. Many sro were the thoughts that flitted through