Rev A Brandram
Red Lion Square, 30th. August 1825
My Dear Sir,
I have the pleasure of sending you my account with the British and Foreign Bible Society. I have, as you will see, charged myself with the cost price of the 1636 New Testaments which I sold on the way from Lima to Bogota. The difference between that and the sum received for them still leaves the deficiency of about £70 in the expenses incurred in my overland journey from Guayaquil to Carthagena, and which overland journey and expense I could have avoided but for this object, as I had two offers of a free passage from Guayaquil to Panama. I have placed to my debit the £90, the amount of the bill drawn at Falmouth to pay my passage from Carthagena to England. That sum I considered as a loan from you.
You will observe that I am in arrears with the Society £266:19.- I am expecting letters from Lima by every packet, with drafts for salary owed me by the Peruvian Government. Upon receiving of these I shall lose no time in clearing off the balance of our account.
I have brought with me some books for you from Peru. These consist of grammars, dictionaries, etc. in the following languages: Quichua (Peruvian), Chilian, Moxa, Aimará, Puquina, Guaraní, and Brazilian. I shall send you these to Earl Street in due time as a small addition to your valuable library.
I remain,
My Dear Sir,
Very Truly Yours,
James Thomson.