He writes of the dejection of his colleagues because of the many attacks upon the Society, their lack of income, rate of expenditure, and inability at that time to hold meetings throughout the country to raise funds. He reports his success at the previous day's committee meeting in gaining consent to the more ambitious of his two plans to establish a settlement on the Niger with the aid of a planter and some ten or so Black people from Sierra Leone who could fix on a spot and plant experimental crops. Forster, and the two Cooks, had been asked to calculate the cost of the experiment and the committee intended to try to raise the money among themselves. Trotter would let them know when the land had been purchased and they were to be prepared to act immediately. He describes the kind of land they were seeking and explains that if the project were a failure, they would bear the loss themselves; if it were a success, however, it would be transferred to the Agricultural Association. He also describes the full committee meeting the previous Wednesday, at which Sir Robert Inglis appeared after his visit to Jerusalem and H.R. Gurley asked them to concede to the Colonization Society 300 miles of territory of the Kru people. He repeats the answer he gave him, that it was not within their competence to make treaties or to dispose of the territory of other people. Gurley had addressed them for three-quarters of an hour. He informs her of the probability of a row at the next committee meeting, when the proposed periodical was to be discussed, because each member had his own very strong opinion about it.

The following day, he reports that he had been forbidden to go into London to attend the meeting and therefore proposed to devote himself to revising the Instructions and the Treaties in order to send them to Lord John Russell the following evening. He warns her that he would not be leaving London until 19 Dec and that, on reaching Northrepps he would have to work hard on a pamphlet to answer their critics and he would need her help; he urges her to start thinking about it right away. He mentions a letter received from Mrs Upcher concerning an estate to be sold at Runton and complaining about being in the dark about what was happening concerning Africa; he therefore asks her to show her this letter. Finally, he reports on the health of his family. (Copy.)