{"id":"jw/letters/1770/20-to-richard-bourke","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"20 To Richard Bourke","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-1770-20-to-richard-bourke","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1770-20-to-richard-bourke-000"],"word_count":135,"themes_auto":["free-will"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1770-20-to-richard-bourke-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1770-20-to-richard-bourke-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1770-20-to-richard-bourke","source_title":"20 To Richard Bourke","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Richard Bourke Date: EDINBURGH, May 12, 1770. MY DEAR BROTHER, I doubt not your going into Waterford Circuit was for good. It is well the house at Kilkenny is at length getting forward. But the General Collection, out of which I propose to assist our brethren, is not brought in until the Conference; and I myself seldom have any money beforehand. I live, as I may say, from hand to mouth. As to the preachers, I think it very hard if Ireland cannot allow a maintenance to the preachers in Ireland. But, indeed, your case is peculiar. Exclusive of what they are to allow for your wife, I will allot her five pounds (English) for you. I am Yours affectionately. Endorsed in another hand: Received the contents from Miss Mary Holland, June 11, 1771.","word_count":135,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T20:04:49.233499"}]}