[52] A single year's almsgiving exceeded £3,000. "Life of Bishop Wilberforce," vol. i. p. 22.
[53] Eldest son of Wilberforce's old friend and ally, Henry Thornton, of Battersea, Rise, who died in 1815. The Henry Thornton of the text was only twenty-five years old when this letter was written.
[54] The beginning of this letter is in the "Life of Wilberforce."
[55] Lea, Lincolnshire—the residence of Sir C. and Lady Anderson. The son, in his turn, Sir Charles Anderson, was Bishop Wilberforce's life-long friend.
[56] The Rev. John Sargent, of Lavington, father of Mrs. Samuel Wilberforce.
[57] His life had been recently published.
[58] The first few lines of this letter are in the "Life of Bishop Wilberforce."
[59] Checkendon, on the Chiltern Hills in Oxfordshire, Samuel Wilberforce's first curacy, where his memory was long cherished.
[60] Samuel's birthday.
[61] Only son of Wilberforce's eldest son William.