sentences:  In July 1865, he became a shorthand writer for the Birmingham Bankruptcy Court, working there until 1870, when a change in the Bankruptcy Act of 1869 brought an end to his appointment.Then, at the suggestion of Thomas, it was arranged that he should receive a salary for his editorship of "The Christadelphian" magazine, and so his career as a reporter came to an end.It was 1856 when Robert Roberts first wrote to John Thomas in America.