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Title	October 10, 1793 letter from D[avid] Jones to Thomas Haweis
Post Date	October 10, 1793
Author	Jones, David (1736-1810)
Recipient	Haweis, Thomas (1734-1820)
Date	1793-10-10
Physical Description	4 pp. total; 1 p. text; 1 p. address; 2 pp. blank
Dimensions	37.8 x 23.9 cm
Location (Box, Folder)	Box 2, File 03
Address To	Spafield Chapel House, London
Country To	England
Address From	Langan [i.e. Llangan], near Bridgend, Glamorganshire
Country From	Wales
Transcriber	Gareth Lloyd
Plain Text Transcription	From David Jones at Langan near Bridgend, Glamorganshire, to T.H. at Spa Fields Chapel in London. He hopes that this letter will find T.H. in London and blessed in his ministry. ‘I am also in the field, faint yet pushing…’ There is a large opening in Wales for God’s work – in some parts it prospers but in others it is lukewarm. He trusts that T.H.’s wife [Jennett] enjoys good health. Jones’ son is now at Oxford and Mr [Isaac] Crouch, who visited Jones this summer, indicated that the boy will do well When T.H. finds it convenient to honor the youth with his kind ‘donation’, Jones will be most obliged – it should be sent to Mr Crouch, Vice-Principal at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. (1 sheet, 1p.) 10 October 1793 David Jones (1736-1810) was born at Llanwyni in Wales, the son of a farmer. He was educated at Carmarthan Grammar School and was ordained deacon in 1758. He held curacies in Wales and Wiltshire before the influence of the Countess of Huntingdon procured for him the living at Langan where he was ordained priest in 1767. His ministry there lasted for over forty years and was strongly evangelical. In 1791 he built Salem Chapel to accommodate the large congregations and was a favorite of the Countess of Huntingdon, preaching her funeral sermon. Isaac Crouch (1756-1835) was born in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. He was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and in 1778 was ordained a deacon in the Church of England. He served two curacies in Wiltshire before being ordained priest in 1780 and moving to Essex as curate of Billericay. In 1783 Crouch was appointed vice-principal and bursar of St Edmund Hall and he also served a curacy in Oxfordshire from 1783 to 1797 and as chaplain of Merton College from 1796 to 1817. During his time at St Edmund Hall, Crouch was at the forefront of establishing a lasting evangelical tradition and making it a place to where undergraduates of that persuasion were made welcome. Crouch was a founder of both the Bristol Clerical Education Society and the Church Missionary Society.
Notes	Jones was the minister at Llangan [Wales] for over forty years and was a favorite of Lady Huntingdon's, preaching her funeral sermon
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	1790-1799