BIB_ID
281987
Accession number
MA 516.14
Creator
Wesley, John, 1703-1791.
Display Date
1786 July 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.5 cm
Notes
The first page is a letter in Wesley's hand; the other two pages list surnames paired with days of the week in an unknown hand.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Mr. Torrey in Hull.
A 2 cm strip is missing from the right side of the first leaf.
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).
With postmark and seal, addressed to Mr. Torrey in Hull.
A 2 cm strip is missing from the right side of the first leaf.
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
Expressing his disapproval of the proposed division of the Hull Circuit and rejecting "the thought of preachers staying a fortnight together in one place."
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