Letter
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1750-1800 / Document / John Wesley / Letter / Paper
Paper; ink
John Wesley to Miss Loxdale, December 16th, 1781
John Wesley is writing to Miss Loxdale, a regular correspondent in the 1780s.
The letter is very personal and ends with: "I beg you woud (sic) always write just what you feel, without disguise, without reserve. Your Heart seems to be just as my Heart. I cannot tell that I ever before felt so close an attachment to a person whom I had never seen. Sureley it is the will of our gracious Lord, that there shd be still closer Union between You & Yours in tender Affection..."
It is likely John Wesley never actually met Miss Loxdale, but it was writing in a similar vein to other women over twenty years previously which had contributed to the souring of Wesley's marriage to Mary ('Molly') Vazeille Wesley.
John Wesley to Miss Loxdale, December 16th, 1781
John Wesley is writing to Miss Loxdale, a regular correspondent in the 1780s.
The letter is very personal and ends with: "I beg you woud (sic) always write just what you feel, without disguise, without reserve. Your Heart seems to be just as my Heart. I cannot tell that I ever before felt so close an attachment to a person whom I had never seen. Sureley it is the will of our gracious Lord, that there shd be still closer Union between You & Yours in tender Affection..."
It is likely John Wesley never actually met Miss Loxdale, but it was writing in a similar vein to other women over twenty years previously which had contributed to the souring of Wesley's marriage to Mary ('Molly') Vazeille Wesley.
