From an unnamed correspondent to Mary Tooth. To prevent [John] Sumner walking to Shifnall, the correspondent will borrow Parton's caravan 'and send my own horse with a man to bring it back - and you know it will take you all three to Shifnall, but if you prefer riding your pony, that is as you please, but thought it right to let you know my intention'
He would be pleased for his sister to have an opportunity to talk with Tooth before she returns, as her spiritual state is causing him some concern.
Notes
- John Sumner (1790-1837) was converted at the age of seventeen and entered the Wesleyan itinerancy in 1811. His circuit ministry of twenty-six years was spent in England. Sumner's last circuit appointment was Rochdale and it is stated in the Conference Minutes, that the 'vexatious annoyances and harassing duties' which he experienced there, hastened his early death. Source: Minutes of Conference 1837