Brompton, April 9th 1819
Sir,
	I beg the favour of you, to present my grateful acknowledgements to the Members of the Church Missionary Society for condescending to allow me to join the Emigrators to New Zealand, & have to beg the favour to be allowed sufficient time for my wife to give the person with whom she now lives, timely warning, that they may not be left unprovided for a person to keep their house; likewise, if it would not be intruding too much upon your valuable time, if you could inform me what you think might be my general occupation, on my arrival at New Zealand. And whether, if, the climate should not agree with my own, and wife’s health, whether we should be allowed a free passage back to England— with any other information which you might think proper to give would greatly oblige [f]
Sir,
Your very humble and
Obedt Servant
John Cowell
My Address is
John Cowell, at
Mr Fowler’s
Manor Street
Brompton
Kent