Notes
- Annotated on the back - "Found by Mr Blanshard, who is requested to deliver it immediately [to] Miss Tooth at Mr [Joseph] Entwisle's, New Chapel, City Road, [London]
- Thomas Blanshard (c.1765-1824): Blanshard entered the Methodist ministry in 1795 and served as a circuit minister in England and Wales until 1808 when he was appointed Book Steward. He served in that position for fifteen years after which he returned to the active ministry despite declining health. He died on February 20th 1824 after an illness lasting several months. (Principal Source: Arminian Magazine 1824, 645-646 and Dictionary of Evangelical Biography 1739-1860, edited by Donald M. Lewis (1995)
- Henry Moore (1751-1844) was born at Drumcondra near Dublin, the son of a farmer. Moore was apprenticed to a wood cutter and opened a school in Dublin after his conversion in 1777. He entered the itinerancy in 1779 and served first in Ireland and then England. Moore was well-regarded by John Wesley and in 1789 he became one of the first preachers to be ordained for the work in England. He was also appointed one of Wesley's literary executors, and was the author with Thomas Coke of one of the first biographies to be published after Wesley's death. Moore was a champion of conservative Wesleyanism in the early 19th century. He was twice President of Conference (1804 and 1823) and remained in the active ministry until 1833. He is buried at City Road Chapel in London. Source: Encyclopedia of World Methodism (1974) and Dictionary of Evangelical Biography 1739-1860, edited by Donald M. Lewis (1995)
- Abraham Watmough (1787-1863): Born in Rochdale, Lancashire, Watmough was converted at thge age of seventeen by a sermon of the Wesleyan minister Alexander Suter and entered the itinerancy in 1811. His active circuit ministry was exercised in England and the Isle of Man until superannuation due to failing health in 1856. He spent his final years in St Helens, Lancashire. (Principal Source: Minutes of Conference 1863 and Hill's Arrangement 1862.)
From Samuel Taylor at 67 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, [London] to Mary Tooth in Madeley. Would it be be more convenient for the Taylors to call upon Tooth on the Saturday or the Monday?
In a note to Taylor written on the back, Tooth says that she received the letter yesterday and embraced the opportunity of sending it to Mr Ed[ward]s. Reference is made Edwards regarding the provisions of the will as the deed. It would be a real pleasure to see her friends Mr and Mrs Watmough at any time, but she is not able to say anything "respecting preaching on the 4th or 11th - those days being Mr T. appointments at Madeley." On the 13th, Tooth intends to visit Birmingham to call on her friends Mr and Mrs [Henry] Moore and Mr and Mrs [Joseph] Entwisle as they tarry there one day on the way to Conference.