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You will wish to know how religious matters are among us.
I think I informed you in my last that old Mr Brown was dead
also his sister Mrs Hewit. Alderman Collet died quite suddenly
at a friends home in Gloucestershire. We have chosen three
new Deacons, Mr McCrae, Mr Whittem & Mr Merridess. Our
congregation keeps up very well, but we have had very few
additions to the Church for a long time & I cannot but fear
that the love of some waxeth cold. The times in England
are more and more distressing. There was but a moderate
harvest, it seems about ¾ of an average crop; but the
wickedness of man has raised wheat to the enormous price
of a guinea a bushel, Barley and Oats tho' very fine and
plentiful are also very dear. There never was in our
days so much want & misery among the poor; while many,
especially in the commercial world, are getting immensely
rich. The trade in Coventry is worse than ever. Little
work to do, & that chiefly Serventh; & bread so dear that
very many are half starved at least & I do fear more than
a few have really died for want, & many have brought on
mortal diseases by their poor living. There have been
riots in many places; but the military are every where,
especially the armed associations, called by the poor, "the
Famine guard", which keeps people quiet, or the farmers
would  soon be roughly handled.
(Respects to Rev. Mr Marsden)

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I saw your Father lately; he is in Bablake. I wrote to
you in March 1800 & sent a small parcel of books & tracts
which I hoped might be useful. I hope you received them.
By the same conveyance your Bro. Hancox wrote.

I was in London lately, but was so much engaged
that I forgot to enquire after Mr Cover & we hope you
have heard from him since his arrival in London.

Dr Vanderkemp who went to the Country above the Cape of Good
Hope appears to be greatly owned & blessed of God. Mr & Mrs Evans
are in general well in health. He has taken part of the late
Aldm Collett's business. Miss Luckman is married and gone to Nottingham.
Mrs Johnson and Mr Johnson (Grocer) removed to Macclesfield.
Mr Samuel Burden is married & lives at St Albans. He is pretty
successful in his ministry there.

I beg my sincere Xian[?] respects to the Rev Mr
Johnson, whose character I greatly revere. May the
Lord greatly run his dis-interested labours in that
remote part of the world, but, as Jesus Christ is the
same yesterday, today & forever, so he is the very same in every 
place. You know he is with 2 or 3 appointed in his name as much
in New Holland as in Old England. We have had several
executions here & at Warwick for Forgery, & had reason to hope that the
Lord gave to some of the sufferers Repentance unto Life. Mrs Burden
who is almost always ill, desires her Xian[?] love to you & Mrs Hassal. 
Remember us at a throne of grace as we do you. We have 6
children living, well & hopeful at present. Henry, the eldest, is
in London and is likely to join a church there. Mr Evans is now
at Bristol Tabernacle for 6 weeks. Mr Gore is there also & is
become a very acceptable I may say popular minister.
Mr Saxon is settled at Needham Market in Suffolk and does well.
Rev. Mr Salt of Hinchley is dead. Mr Fleming is just removed from 
Nuneaton to Wigan in Lancashire. Farewell my dear friend.

God be with you, your dear wife, children and friends. Write soon.

Yrs most affect in X Jesus
Geo. Burder