(Hill farm Castle Froome bury Herefordshire) March 11th 1840 Elder W Richards Having a moment of leasure time I spend it in saying a word to you. their is quite a change of the place of labour with me since I last wrote, Elder Turley returned to the potteries from Birmingham writing me to go there to erect the Standard as it was his native place & though I should do better there than himself he had preached a few times in publick this ...

Mr Willard Richards Meadow Street. New House oposite No 3 Preston Lancashire ^2^ [stamp in red ink] WEDNESBURY MR 14 1840 [sideways text] [unknown writer] W. Woodruff. Hill farm. Froome March 11 1840