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Title	Letter to Joseph Benson at Mr. Gow's
Post Date	July 26, 1774
Author	Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Recipient	Benson, Joseph, 1749-1821
Date	1774-07-26
Physical Description	4 pgs total; 2 pgs text; 1 pg address; 1 pg blank
Dimensions	20 x 32 cm
Address To	in St Mary's Wynd
Country To	Scotland
Address From	Sheffield
Country From	England
Transcriber	Wanda Smith
Plain Text Transcription	To Mr Jos[eph] Benson At Mr Gow’s In St Mary’s Wynd Edinburgh Sheffield July 26, 1774 Dear Joseph Certainly an account of the societies in the Edinburgh Circuit will be expected from you at the Conference. I will then propose the case of Greenock. I am glad you have sent brother Ferguson the Appeals. I believe Billy Eels might come to you directly if you wrote to him and to Jos[eph] Cownl[e]y. At length, I hope good may be done in Scotland, and I incline to prefer your scheme to Dr Hamilto’s. Three preachers may do better than two provided they change regularly, according to the plan you lay down. I know not but you must make a private subscription and wire over the cupola. “Be zealous and humble, but never be still!” Dear Joseph, adieu! Pray send word to brother Campbell and Laird that I will read their letter at the Conference, although we positively declared last year, “We will be at no more expence for Grennock; they must now stand on their own bottom.” And pray write to brother Ferguson (to save him expence) that we will consider his case, too, at the Conference.
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. 104-5.
Catalog link	http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=195970
Unique Identifier	JWesley 07261774
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