{"id":"jw/letters/1765/17-to-thomas-rankin","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"17 To Thomas Rankin","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-1765-17-to-thomas-rankin","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1765-17-to-thomas-rankin-000"],"word_count":130,"themes_auto":["catholic-spirit","free-will","prevenient-grace"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1765-17-to-thomas-rankin-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1765-17-to-thomas-rankin-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1765-17-to-thomas-rankin","source_title":"17 To Thomas Rankin","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Thomas Rankin 12 KILKENNY, July 15, 1765. DEAR TOMMY, I received yours yesterday. I suppose you have now my answer to your last. The Conference is to begin at Manchester on Thursday, August 20. I have no objection to what you proposed to Mr. Hoskins, only my age. If he had left that gentleman trustee, I would not have given a groat for all his legacies. I wish he would not delay. A day ought not to be lost. Yours affectionately. I hope to set out for Cornwall (as I said before) immediately after the Conference. If possible, let the will be finished before I come. This would prevent much reproach. You will carry Mr. Hoskins's letter directly. To Mr. Rankin, At Mr. John Andrews', In Redruth. Per Gloucester.","word_count":130,"source_url":null,"themes":["prevenient-grace","free-will","catholic-spirit"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T20:02:41.760650"}]}