{"id":"jw/letters/1778/35-to-samuel-tooth","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"35 To Samuel Tooth","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-1778-35-to-samuel-tooth","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1778-35-to-samuel-tooth-000"],"word_count":95,"themes_auto":["free-will","means-of-grace"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1778-35-to-samuel-tooth-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1778-35-to-samuel-tooth-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1778-35-to-samuel-tooth","source_title":"35 To Samuel Tooth","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Samuel Tooth Date: BRISTOL, September 27, 1778. DEAR SAMMY, - A thought comes into my mind, which is to rest between you and me. What if I was to undertake building one of the front houses myself and to employ you alone thereon Consider, and answer me two questions: (1) What would the whole expense of it be for what sum would you begin and finish it (2) What credit could you give me - I am, dear Sammy, Your affectionate brother. Would you like to build the next house on your own account","word_count":95,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","means-of-grace"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:14:25.407410"}]}