BIB_ID
281948
Accession number
MA 516.5
Creator
Wesley, John, 1703-1791.
Display Date
1774 Sept. 26.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 20 cm
Notes
The letter is addressed to "My Dear Sister."
Part of a collection of letters, prints, and other materials relating to John Wesley. The 44 items in the collection are described individually (MA 516.1-44).
Part of a collection of letters, prints, and other materials relating to John Wesley. The 44 items in the collection are described individually (MA 516.1-44).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1904.
Summary
Advising the recipient to be on "as good terms as may be with [the] preachers in every place" and commenting on his health. The final sentences of the letter may refer to Wesley's wife: "While I was in Wales, my best friend (as my Brother terms her) went to London, she has hired part of an house in Hoxton, proffering 'she would never more set foot in Bristol-house or in the Foundery.'"
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