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This unsigned letter was presumably written by John Bishop Estlin and sent to Caroline Weston. The middle page/s and end of this letter are missing.

John Bishop Estlin refers to Mary Anne Estlin's comment about a letter sent to her by Caroline Weston, "'that extradinary letter about Mr. Mathews,' with the recollection of which she seems overwhelmed..." However, John Bishop Estlin believes that Caroline Weston "had taken up some erroneous notion about him [Edward Mathews] & a 'World Convention.'" John B. Estlin knows "no able and influential people" who could lead in the forming of such a convention and "securing its being a safe one for the true cause." The Estlins have been "helping Mathews against his orthodox friends." The "orthodox dissenting chapels" were refused for his lecture, and no dissenting minister attended it. The great battle is with John Scoble. He called on James Grant "to wheedle or frighten him about inserting M[athews]'s letters, but Mr G[rant] is not to be shaken." John B. Estlin believes that Mr. Mathews will be a powerful agent in "removing prejudice against Garrison." It seems to Estlin that it was "innocent and natural" that E. Mathews should have reminded George Thompson of the Free Mission Baptists, whom he forgot to mention when praising the American Anti-Slavery Society. George Thompson seems to understand and appreciate Edward Mathews. John Bishop Estlin expects the latter to to be most effective in exposing Scoble. Mr. [William] Farmer seemed anxious about George Thompson's pecuniary affairs.