St. John's, Antigua 28th January 1832[1]
The very early arrival of your December Packet gives me another opportunity of writing you this month. I mentioned in my last what progress we had made here towards getting the old Society revived, or rather a new one formed. I visited the persons fixed on for Vice-Presidents, who live in different parts of the island; and had the pleasure of seeing them all accede to what we wished. The next things was the appointment of a day for the instalment of a Society by a Public Meeting. This was fixed for the 24th.; bur we were disappointed, on its approach, as there was a Meeting of the Legislative Assembly of the Island summoned for that day on special business, to be held in the Court House where our Meeting was to have been. Our meeting was thus put off, and we found there was no proper day for it for some time. Previous to this, I had made arrangements for a visit to St. Kitt's, as there is to be a District Meeting of the Wesleyan Missionaries there on the 1st February; and I thought it would facilitate my work to have some intercourse with the Missionaries who may assemble there, on that occasion, from various islands. On the 30th., therefore, I intend to leave this for the island now mentioned; and hope to conclude my letter there.
[1] From BSA/G1/3/3 1827-1823 Monthly Reporter. Monthly Extracts No 179 June 30, 1832, p.620.