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Title	March 11, 1743/4 Letter from David Crosley to Richard Thomas "with care"
Post Date	March 11, 1743/4
Author	Crosley, David (1669 or 70-1744)
Recipient	Thomas, Richard
Date	1743-03-11
Physical Description	2 pp. total; 1 p. text; 1 p. address
Dimensions	20.4 x 25.9 cm
Location (Box, Folder)	Box 1, File 25
Address From	Stubby-Lee
Country From	England
Transcriber	Gareth Lloyd
Plain Text Transcription	From David Crosley at ‘Stubby-Lee’ (Presumably in the area of Blackburn or Bacup where Crosley was based at this time) to Richard Thomas. What a mercy it is, that through Christ’s mercy, ‘we poor helpless worms are enabled to help one another…’ Accordingly, Crosley would greatly value the help of Thomas in our ‘Macedonia’. Thomas should come to Bacup in Lancashire two weeks from today and preach in Crosley’s room there – Crosley is to visit their brethren in Manchester on that day. He hopes that Thomas will be able to fulfill this request without inconvenience to others. Crosley will repay the favour when opportunity presents. (1 sheet, 1p.) 11 March 1744 David Crosley (c.1669-1744) was born near Todmorden in Lancashire. Raised by a pious aunt, Crosley worked as a stonemason and preached at night. Initially Presbyterian, he joined the Baptists in 1690 and the following year preached for John Bunyan’s congregation in Bedford. In the same year he built a chapel in Bacup as a base for his ministry and that of his cousin William Mitchell. Crosley was formally called into the Baptist ministry in 1692 and went onto minister to congregations in the border region between Lancashire and Yorkshire. He was particularly successful with Mitchell in planting new churches and earned himself the title “Evangelist of the Pennines”. In 1705 Crosley moved to a chapel in London but soon left in disgrace because of sexual misdemeanors. He returned to his native area and founded more congregations independent of the Baptists, although he later returned to the Baptist fold. Crosley continued to evangelize until a very short time before his death. In his later years, Crosley was in communication with George Whitefield and he should be considered an important forerunner of the later larger Revival.
Notes	On the address panel: "For his esteemed friend Richd Thomas, with care, These". Endorsed: "Baptist Church at Bacup; he died in 1744, aged 75."
Digital Resources Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2012
Digitization Process	Digitization process: Derivatives resized at 4030 pixels in height or width
Digital Publisher	Bridwell Library, Special Collections; Perkins School of Theology; Southern Methodist University
Rights	Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Head of Special Collections of the Bridwell Library
Decade	1740-1749