{"id":"jw/letters/1759/21-to-richard-tompson-editors-introductory-notes-1759","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"21 To Richard Tompson Editors Introductory Notes 1759","title_alt":[],"text_basis":null,"date_composed":null,"date_precision":"unknown","date_note":null,"numbering":{"bicentennial":null,"jackson_running":null,"sugden":null},"source_edition":{"editor":null,"title":null,"edition":null,"place":null,"publisher":null,"year":null,"volume":null,"pages":null,"scan_url":null,"scan_page_ids":null},"transcription":{"derived_from":null,"corrected_against_scan":false,"corrector":null,"corrected_on":null},"modernization":"none","license_text":"Public Domain Mark 1.0","license_apparatus":"CC BY 4.0","wikidata":null,"prev":null,"next":null,"part_of":"jw-letters","editorial_note":null,"source_id":"jw-letter-1759-21-to-richard-tompson-editors-introductory-notes-1759","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1759-21-to-richard-tompson-editors-introductory-notes-1759-000"],"word_count":89,"themes_auto":[],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1759-21-to-richard-tompson-editors-introductory-notes-1759-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1759-21-to-richard-tompson-editors-introductory-notes-1759-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1759-21-to-richard-tompson-editors-introductory-notes-1759","source_title":"21 To Richard Tompson Editors Introductory Notes 1759","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Richard Tompson Editor's Introductory Notes: 1759 13 LONDON, August 22, 1759. I am afraid you would hardly save yourself harmless by the publication of those letters. However, if you are inclined to run the hazard, I do not object. Only it would be needful to advertise the readers that what I wrote was in haste, just as I could snatch a little time now and then, to answer the private letter of a private friend, without any thought of its going any farther. I am Your affectionate brother.","word_count":89,"source_url":null,"themes":[],"created_at":"2026-01-29T20:00:45.782778"}]}