f. 121 (a). MS. letter from Thomas Morgan, London, to William Wood, Leeds, 1 September 1791.

Dear Sir,

        I am ashamed that I have suffered your Letter to lye by me, nearly a month, without returning you any answer.  It is not, however, in my power at present, to give you any Satisfaction with respect to the main purport of our writing.  Dr Williams Trustees meet only four times in the year, on the wednesdays after the usual quarter days.  At the time of their next meeting, if I am in Town, I will inform them of the wish of the Dissenters of Yorke ; if I should then be in the Country, I will take care to leave your Letter in the Hands of either Dr Kippis or Dr Rees.  I cannot conceive that the least objection will be urged by any Trustee to a plan of such public Convenience, even should it be attended with some little Trouble to the Librarian.  There is at present a Room in the Library, unappropriated to any particular use, which would hold, with ease, the writings belonging to the Meetings, registers, &c, of the Dissenters in every part of the Kingdom.   –  I am not yet sure whether I shall be able to pay my annual Visit to Yorkshire this year: but whether I do, or not, I will take care to pay your annual Subscription to the Hackney College.  I am

                    Dear Sir

                                    your’s very sincerely

Thos Morgan