Rev. G. Walker, F. Wakefield, John Morris, T. Bolton, Joseph Rigsby, Thomas Hawksley, Samuel Smith, S. White, M.D. John Wright, J. Hancock to Friends of Humanity in Nottingham 17 January 1791

Letter of Recommendation, Nottingham, 17 January 1791

IN consequence of the respectable recommendation of several gentlemen of the first
character, who have born testimony to the good sense, intellectual improvements, and
integrity of GUSTAVUS VASSA, lately of that injured and oppressed class of men, the
injured Africans; and further convinced of the justice of his recommendations, from our own
personal interviews with him, we take the liberty also to recommend the said GUSTAVUS
VASSA to the protection and assistance of the friends of humanity.

Rev. G. Walker,                                    F. Wakefield,
John Morris,                                         T. Bolton,
Joseph Rigsby, Rector St. Peter’s,      Thomas Hawksley,
Samuel Smith,                                      S. White, M.D.
John Wright,                                         J. Hancock.

The Interesting Narrative, 9th ed., p. 9