Thomas Clarkson ALS to Harry Gandy, December 1, 1788

My dear friend!

Poor Arnold I found here, on my
arrival, in a very disconsolate state: His spirits gone;
and in a state of Melancholy and Despair. The next
Day would have brought him to Bristol: In this
situation I comforted as well as I could, and,
to make him easy as well as his Witnesses, I paid
for him a small Debt of 12£. I have been
since applying to my friends. A meeting will
be had by them on Wednesday, when the matter will
be taken into Consideration, and, I hope, something
farther be done for him. I apprehend the result
will be, to open a subscription, to pay all Costs
on both sides hitherto incurred, and having thus
discharged the Case at the Commons, to push it
vigorously at Common Law, where the damages
will be twice heavier.