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Title	Letter to Joseph Benson
Post Date	October 23, 1773
Author	Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Recipient	Benson, Joseph, 1749-1821
Date	1773-10-23
Physical Description	4 pgs total; 1 pg text; 1 pg address; 1 pg blank
Dimensions	20 x 23 cm
Address From	London
Country From	England
Collection (Provenance)	Leete Manuscript Collection
Transcriber	Wanda Smith
Plain Text Transcription	To Mr Jos[eph] Benson Methodist Preacher Edinburgh London Oct. 23, 1773 Dear Joseph I wish every one of our preachers who goes to Scotland was of the same mind with you. We are not called to sit still in one place. It is neither for the health of our souls nor bodyies. BillyThompson never satisfied me on this head, not in the least degree. I say still we will have travelling preachers in Scotland or none. The thing is fixt; the manner of effecting it is to be considered. Now, set your wit to this: find out the [1] How shall this matter be accomplished? You did not do well in selling your horse and thereby laying another bar in the way. Though I am (by the exquisite negligence of my late bookkeeper) a thousand pounds worse than nothing, I would not have spared a few pounds to have eased that burden. However, now you must do as you can. Our preachers shall either travel there, as in England, or else stay in England. I am, dear Joseph, Yours affectionately, J Wesley __________ 1. “The manner.”
Published Transcription	John Telford, ed. The Letters of the Rev. John Wesley, VI. December 11, 1772, to March 12, 1780.(London: Epworth Press, 1931), pp. 51-2.
Catalog link	http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=195962
Unique Identifier	JWesley 10231773
Digital Resource Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2003
Digitization Process	Digitization process: Derivatives resized at 4037 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	1770-1779