| Description | In this letter George Newman apologises for not calling to see Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury as he had planned to do and thanks her for her 'hospitality and kindness' during his recent stay at Woodbrooke. Newman writes that he had enjoyed himself 'immensely'. Newman describes his visit to the Cadbury family home writing that it had allowed him to correspond 'closely with the spirit of a lovely home in which truly the gentle & loving Spirit of Christ reigned supreme'.
Newman refers to an essay, six programmes, some photographs of oak furniture owned by a friend in Ludlow and a Young Men's Christian Association magazine which he had sent to Taylor Cadbury. Newman's detailed account of the 'oak pieces' owned by Mr. Bull suggests that Taylor Cadbury was in the process of furnishing or redecorating Woodbrooke. Newman offers to accompany the Cadburys to Ludlow if they wished to see the furniture and invites them to stay at his home in Leominster. Newman also refers to another photograph, perhaps of himself, which accompanied his letter, describing the image as that 'of a simple soul that has striven & striven, often in much darkness, to find truth'.
Newman concludes his letter by referring to philanthropic work in which the Cadbury family were involved. He remarks 'I hope more than anything else that somehow or somewhere I may find myself useful to the world & to the Quakers & to Christ'. The reverse of this letter features a handwritten price list relating to the furniture being sold by Mr. Bull of Ludlow. |