From James Scott Bowerbank   27 September 1852

3 Highbury Grove

27 September 1852

My Dear Sir

I have just returned from Ireland where I had conversation on Geo Ransome affair with Forbes and from what he says I have some hope that the imputation may yet be removed from his character. I most ardently wish it may be so. I have not heard from him or of him since the receipt of your note, but he has scarcely been absent from my mind since that period & I am most anxious to know what further has transpired & whether any thing favourable has turned up. Pray write me a few lines at your convenience. I wish I could aid him in any manner but I confess I do not see how I could. He has moral influence & worldy wisdom enough in Ipswich if that would do it

I cannot bring myself to believe that he is guilty of that which he has been charged but I fear that in trying to escape from lesser evils he has fallen into the advance of the greater one & has so entangled himself as to render his release difficult but I hope not hopeless.

You will I am sure excuse my thus troubling you but I cannot help feeling deep regret & much anxiety regarding this painful affair

I remain | My Dear Sir | yours most truly | J. S. Bowerbank

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