Holograph, signed.

John Bishop Estlin assures Maria Weston Chapman that there was no occasion for having any misgivings of the propriety of sending the portrait of Dr. [William Ellery] Channing to him. Estlin felt no obligation to be the purchaser, but thought it best to remit the price of the picture in the interest of the bazaar; he has no intention of transferring it. He refers to the interest taken by Chapman's brother in negotiating the printing of Miss Parker's translation of [Frederick] Douglass's Narrative [into French]. No large box should be expected from Bristol for the bazaar this year, but they have not been inactive in the anti-slavery cause. Estlin's efforts to induce English Unitarians to take up the cause have not proved acceptable. The editor of the Christian Register has not dealt honorably with John Bishop Estlin's letter to Mr. Logart(?).

In the postscript, John Bishop Estlin states that he could get a short statement from Dr. [Martin] Gay about Dr. [Charles Thomas] Jackson's claim to the discovery of ether inhalation inserted in one or two leading medical journals.