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Title	May 26, 1819 letter from W. Alers Hankey to Thomas Haweis
Post Date	May 26, 1819
Author	Hankey, W[illiam] Alers (1772-1859)
Recipient	Haweis, Thomas (1734-1820)
Date	1819-05-26
Physical Description	4 pp. total; 3 pp. text; 1 p. blank
Dimensions	41.5 x 26.3 cm
Location (Box, Folder)	Box 1, File 56
Transcriber	Gareth Lloyd
Plain Text Transcription	From William Alers Hankey in London to T.H. He wishes that it were in his power to ‘answer your claim for my services to the extent of your or my own desires’ in the cause of the [London Missionary Society]. Hankey can honestly say that he exerts himself to the extent of his strength in that cause. Hankey has received T.H.’s power of attorney and this has now been acted upon.. With regard to the principal subject of T.H’s letter of the 21,st they are enquiring on all sides and three candidates(?) have been mentioned as being fit, but the ones that T.H. suggested have not yet been ‘hinted at.’ Hankey will communicate T.H.’s suggestion to Mr [Matthew?] Wilks and the directors of the society. ‘The object is of so great [an] importance that we must lay hands (reference to ordination?) hastily on no man. After the strong statements made by us recently at the general meeting of the need we stand in of an able man or rather two to fill the office, we had better see the effect of that enquiry before we fix on any one. It must not however be deferred longer than can be needed.’ They have had letters from Messrs [John] Philip and [John] Campbell at the Cape. They are about to set out to visit the mission stations. Hankey was pleased to read that T.H. is in good health, although he is concerned that [Elizabeth] Haweis is unwell. (1 sheet, 3p.) 26 May 1819 Matthew Wilks (1746-1829) was born in Gibraltar. He served as a congregational minister at Moorfields Tabernacle Chapel and Tottenham Court Chapel in London and was also an enthusiastic itinerant preacher. Wilks was also involved in the founding of the Bible Society, the Irish Evangelical Society and the Female Penitentiary. He was also the minister who first suggested the establishment of a South Seas mission.
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	1810-1819