John Wesley Letters: Finding Aid mssHM 57035-57063
Gayle M. Richardson
The Huntington Library
November 2020
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Finding Aid last updated on April 8, 2024, by Gayle M. Richardson
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: John Wesley letters
Creator:
Wesley, John,
1703-1791
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 57035-57063
Physical Description:
1.75 Linear Feet
(1 volume)
Date (inclusive): 1748-1818
Abstract: A volume of letters and engravings
related to the life and work of John Wesley, English evangelist and founder of
Methodism.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
John Wesley (1703-1791) was an English clergyman, theologian, and leader of the movement in
the Church of England that became Methodism. Wesley was born in Epworth, England, the
fifteenth child of Samuel Wesley and Susanna Annesley. He graduated from Christ Church,
Oxford and was elected a fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford in 1726; in 1728, Wesley was
ordained a priest in the Church of England. He broke away from the Church of England in 1739
and established the first Methodist societies in Bristol and Kingswood, England; during his
life, Wesley, wrote, edited or abridged almost 400 publications.
A large folio extra-illustrated volume containing twenty-six letters by John Wesley and
single letters by Robert Southey, Charles Wesley, and George Whitefield. The volume also
contains a few printed items and various engravings of John Wesley, Charles Wesley, George
Whitfield, Robert Southey, Samuel Wesley, and locations associated with the Wesley family.
The letter to an unidentified woman (1778 November 13, HM 57046) is a printed facsimile of
the original letter in the Methodist Archives, Rylands University Library (Manchester,
England). George Whitefield's letter (HM 57062) is addressed to "Mr. Blackwell at Mr.
Martin's a Banker in Lombard Street in London" and is dated 1739 June 27. The letter to Rev.
Samuel Furly (1758 March 7, HM 57036) is written by secretary John Jones.
Processed by Gayle Richardson, in 1998. In 2020, the electronic finding aid was created
from the legacy inventory.
Arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Methodism
Religious life
Religious thought
Engravings -- 18th century
Engravings -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- 18th century
Letters (correspondence) -- 19th century
Jones, John, approximately 1719-1785
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843
Wesley, Charles,
1707-1788
Whitefield, George,
1714-1770
Bixby, William K. (William
Keeney), 1857-1931
Volume 1
John Wesley letters and engravings 1748-1818