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Title	Letter to The Revd. Mr. [Thomas] Haweis, at Aldwinkle
Post Date	October 17, 1777
Author	Huntingdon, Selina Hastings, Countess of, 1707-1791.
Recipient	Haweis, Thomas, 1734-1820
Date	1777-10-17
Physical Description	4 pgs total; 3 pgs text; 1 pg address
Dimensions	23 x 38 cm.
Address To	near Thraptson, Northamptonshire
Country To	England
Address From	Trevecca College
Country From	Wales
Transcriber	Wanda Smith
Plain Text Transcription	Letter 96 Oct 17, 1777 [Address panel:] To The Revd Mr Haw[e]is at Aldwinkle near Thrapston Northamptonshire [Written across the address panel:] “Mr Phillips begs all that is most kind.” My very dear Friends After reading your letter with no small feelings of great distress for the poor blind world's loss, as well as all our dear Bath friends' disappointment, the Lord has inclined honest Jones' heart to serve as master here for 4 months & Phillips for you became released for that one[?] time. Nothing but yourselves could from a sense of love & gratitude have made me hear of this for one moment. The loss of him here being so very great & indeed himself only satisfied by Jones' willingly engaging who is so much to be relied upon. His hopes of ordination after that time obliges me to expect Mr Phillips back by that time. With the Lord's leave you may depend upon Mr Phillips being at Aldwinkle on the 9th of Nober so that could you get a supplie for to be at Bath by the 2d you might catch some of the fine world before this autumn season is over or the Parliament meets which is a charity greater than to the colliers, &c. It is amazing to think how they croud to Bright [helmstone] & Tunbridge Chapels & would more abundantly to Bath if you are there. Sheppard may preach in the week days & give the sacrament & your labours be much reduced by that means. My poor student is like to linger long & suffer much yet happy, exceedingly happy in his soul & begs to be gone. [p. 2] I wish you could see Mr Peckwell & Shirley while you are in town. I think the authority good who thus writes to me, "The Bishop of London is determined to expel out of the church all the clergy that preach in licensed plans" [?places]. This will commence I suppose on the meeting of the Parliament & I could wish to take every step that might engage caution. I have hinted to them this. Don't you say a word you had it from me, but your consulting them upon it & some general plan entered upon for the supplys of the chapels regularly in union with them might be of unspeakable use. Our Welch clergy I have approved of this & who will act cautiously & help us with their whole hearts that could a list of these be obtain'd & successively engage services. These difficultys might be managed as I am told they don't mean to meddle with me in the least therefore I must be doubly cautious in honour as well as justly to the ministers that help us that nothing may arise from us. Mr Peckwell has Tunbridge Chapel in his hands at Xmas. I think a secret & quiet means taken might make your scheme under our present circumstances most desirable. May the Lord bless & direct you. Mr Shirley will be at Bristol or at any time give you help at Bath should you feel it at any time too much but by these means I trust the Lord he will bless & carry you through. O! a time is coming that these privileges (from our cold dead & lukeward state) will be cut of [f] from us. The professing church is as bad in folly vanity & ignorance of the Gospel as the world all the godly souls are burdened [p. 3] through their professions but where must we go but to him that we must cry out to "spare thy people O! Lord & give not up thine heritage to destruction." May ten thousand blessings rest upon you both in time & for all eternity & believe me my dear Friends as ever your truly faithfull Oc 17 1777 & affectionate friend S H The Lock & the Pantheon--alas! alas! Will be the objects of speedy discipline.
Notes	Letter bears a postmark from Hay [-on-Wye].
Catalog Link	http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=196963
Unique Identifier	Huntingdon 10171777
Digital Resources Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2011
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	1770-1779
Location (Box, Folder)	Box 1, File 36