December 27, 1794 letter from P. Illingworth to Thomas Haweis
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Title |
December 27, 1794 letter from P. Illingworth to Thomas Haweis |
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Post Date |
December 27, 1794 |
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Author |
Illingworth, P. |
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Recipient |
Haweis, Thomas (1734-1820) |
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Date |
1794-12-27 |
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Physical Description |
4 pp. total; 3 pp. text; 1 p. address |
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Dimensions |
37.8 x 23.9 cm |
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Location (Box, Folder) |
Box 2, File 01 |
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Address From |
Frith Street, London |
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Country From |
England |
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Transcriber |
Gareth Lloyd |
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Plain Text Transcription |
From P. Illingworth in Frith Street, London, to T.H. (see also the letter of Dr. John Ford to Thomas Haweis dated July 27, 1794) Enclosed are the title deeds ‘in Captain Willyams’ indemnity’ as follows: 1. Original title or conveyance toWillyams himself. 2. Conveyance of those estates and an assignment of 1796 with his counter-bond of indemnity to T.H. 3. Copy of the bond for £4500. Illingworth has alsosent to Colonel Willyams a counterpart of the deed of indemnity and a schedule of the deeds that T.H. has and an attested copy of the counterbond., with a covering letter of explanation. The deeds were all duly executed at Mr Wilson’s house last week and he understands that the marriage will take place next Monday. Mr Willyams has just been with Illingworth and asked that the bill be forwarded to T.H. as the more direct and straightforward way of obtaining payment. Willyams will call at Bath in Somerset and will no doubt explain to T.H. why he has done this. The amount is larger than Illingworth would wish but there has been some complicated business involved in this marriage settlement – if there had not been the need for the extra deeds of indemnity, the bill would have not been half as much. The individual items are as a low and sometimes lower than they normally charge. There was some additional cost because of the attested copies. Illingworth has the pleasure of informing T.H. that there is an opening for the distribution of a few thousand copies of 'The Soldier’s Calling' (Thomas Haweis, The Soldier’s Calling: A Tract (Lewes:1793)) at Colchester (location of large military camp) in Essex by Mr [Robert] Storry, Rector of St Peter’s – he is a pious and faithful servant of Christ. Illingworth has not yet sent the copies and is waiting for T.H.’s permission to do so – he intends sending 1000 copies at Illingworth’s own expense. This publication has already done a great deal of good. (1 sheet, 3p.) 27 December 1794 |
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Notes |
Robert Storry (1751-1814) was born at Wrelton in Yorkshire. He originally intended to study law but was ordained into the Church of England instead. He served a curacy in Yorkshire before becoming a curate for the well-known evangelical Thomas Adam of Winteringham. In 1781 he was presented by the Wilberforce family to St Peter’s in Colchester where he became well-known for his evangelical ministry. He supported the Sunday School movement and was involved with the Church Missionary Society. Storry enjoyed a particularly successful ministry to the soldiers of the Colchester garrison. |
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Digital Resources Type |
Image |
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Digitization Date |
Digitized: 2012 |
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Digitization Process |
Digitization process: Derivatives resized at 4030 pixels in height or width |
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Digital Publisher |
Bridwell Library, Special Collections; Perkins School of Theology; Southern Methodist University |
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Rights |
Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Head of Special Collections of the Bridwell Library |
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Decade |
1790-1799 |
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