Rev A Brandram
Edinburgh, 3rd May 1845
15 Elder Street
My Dear Friend,
We have arranged for having a public meeting on Monday next, after which I shall write you of our concerns here. In the meantime I write to get from you, in Committee on Monday, if judged befitting, a sort of authority to hold a conference with the Committee of the Edinburgh Bible Society, or with other societies similarly circumstanced where I may be, should the same it be considered desirable and profitable. I have understood that such authorization would be required previous to the conference.
I remain,
Yours Very Truly,
James Thomson.