Letter
To Mary (Goldhawk/Vazeille) Wesley (January 7, 1756)
To
Mary
(Goldhawk/Vazeille) Wesley
[
Lewisham
]
Wednesday afternoon [January 7, 1756]
Wednesday afternoon [January 7, 1756]
When I saw you, my dear, I did not expect to have so large a demand made so suddenly upon me. I shall be puzzled to answer it, without coming to town on purpose, which I am unwilling to do, before I have finished the Address .
1
JW
was apparently staying at the home of
Ebenezer
and
Elizabeth
Blackwell
, in
Lewisham
, to have concentrated time
to write
An Address to the Clergy
(1756); see
Bibliography, No.
216
, and
vol. 14 of this
edn
.
I desire you would give
John
Spenser
2
John Spenser
(or Spencer) was one of
JW
's
publishing assistants at the
Foundery
; see letters to
Mary
Wesley
,
May
7
and
June 18,
1756
.
(taking his receipt) or
brother Atkinson
3
William Atkinson
of
Plymouth Dock (Devonport)
was another of
JW
's assistants at the
Foundery
(see
his
letter to
JW
, Nov. 20, 1753, 26:531–32 in this
edn.).
(unless you choose to pay Mr. Davenport4This does not appear to be
JW
's correspondent
Richard Davenport
(see 26:390)
. More
likely is
B. Davenport
,
a partner of Joseph Johnson in
London
in book-selling
, who are listed in 1756 among the publishers of
's
.
yourself) what note-money remains in your hands. Unless you can
help me out for a month or two, I must borrow some more in town. If you can, you will do
it with pleasure.
My dear, Adieu.
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