Letter

Letter
Letter
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1750-1800 / Document / Letter / Methodism / Ministers, Preachers & Associates / Paper
Paper; ink
Mary Fletcher (Bosanquet) to Mr Tranter in Dansley, 12th December 1787 (?)

Letter from Mary Fletcher to Mr John Tranter offering spriritual support and thanking Mr Tranter for the same in return.

Mary Bosanquet Fletcher (1739-1815) was one of the first female Wesleyan Methodist preachers, and it was she who persuaded John Wesley to allow women to preach in public. Mary Bosanquet became one of the most popular female preachers of her day and was greatly revered by Methodists for her work. She was married to John Fletcher (1729-1785).