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Original hand written letter by John Wesley to Mrs Woodhouse
A handwritten letter by John Wesley to Mrs Woodhouse, dating 18 November 1778, written in London.
Category: document
Material: wood, wooden window mount painted gold
Material Part: letter
Produced by: Wesley, John
Inscription:
written - whole
London, Nov. 18 1778. My Dear Sister, I have no intimacy with Ld North. I never saw him. I never write to him; very probably I never shall. I never asked any favour of him. I wou’d not on any consideration whatever. It is a sign, you do not know what kind of animals Great men are. They will not move an hair’s breadth out of their line. They will on no account interfere in each other’s Province. Now I told you before only the Commissioners of the Customs dispose of Custom House place. And I know not one of those Commissioners. Therefore I can do nothing in this matter. I am not sparing of my pains; but I know what I can do & what I cannot. If I cou’t do it, you would not need to ask anything twice of Your Affectionate Brother, J Wesley.
Measurements:
letter
height 191 mm
height 191 mm
letter
width 153 mm
width 153 mm
aperture wooden window mount
height 280 mm
height 280 mm
Object Number: 2008-167
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