James Pringle Riach letter to Justin Perkins, 1863 July 22
Riach, J. P. (James Pringle), 1797-1865
J. P. Riach letter to Justin Perkins in which Riach writes regarding a variety of topics and individuals: his and his wife's wanderings until his son Hugh's occupation is settled, the return of Christ and when they will meet in Heaven, Mrs. Perkins' letter and feelings about her place and circumstances, the trial of her status on the Perkins family, Justin Perkins' letter on "the work of the Christian Church" and the oppression of the Nestorians, photographs of the Perkinses, his wife (Sophia Riach), Mr. and Mrs. Woodfall, Mrs. Heugh, the war in America and what will surely be the death blow of cursed slavery, his own health, his son's studies in Glasgow, and the proposed union of Presbyterian churches in Scotland. Mr. Heugh, Mr. Nisbet, and Sir John and Lady McNeill are also mentioned in the letter. Riach provides a stable address for him in care of Oriental Bank Corporation in London.
