Mr. Richd Ainsworth sugested, if you should agree, to alow a little more time before you published your Circular Letter, that is to apoint a meeting[493] next Tuesday but one, & he & others who are sincere friends to the cause would attend it, & in the meign time he would write to Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Jno. Horrocks, Mr. Wm Yates of Bury, Mr. Thos Ainsworth, who is now in London,--all of whom he is confident will be happy in the opertunity of joining you in the business. If you should Aprove of this Idea of Apointing a Meeting next Tuesday but one, you’l please to Write by return of post so that there may be time to acquaint those Gent^n of your kind purpose & also you’l please to name the time and place of the Meeting, but if not you’l please to write me, and those Gent^n that are at hand will give you their names by Letter and also every other Suport in their power. I Remain Gent^n Your Most Obedient Humble Servant SAML. CROMPTON. [Footnote 493: ... suggested, if you should agree, that a little more time should be allowed, before you published your circular letter, in order to call a meeting....] On the blank sheet of the above letter there is a rough draft of one from Mr. Kennedy to Crompton, in which he advises him to get Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Ainsworth and any other neighbours he thinks proper to add their names to those of the persons who had already signed the circular letter “which is to show that you are the inventor.” Afterwards, Mr. Kennedy explained, the circular letter would be printed, and sent to those who were likely to be friends to the cause, and those who had already promised their support would make their subscriptions, and call upon others to do the same. _To the_ MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, COTTON SPINNERS, BLEACHERS, PRINTERS, &C., OF THESE UNITED KINGDOMS. GENTLEMEN,