{"id":"jw/letters/1782b/06-to-ann-loxdale","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"B 06 To Ann Loxdale","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-1782b-06-to-ann-loxdale","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1782b-06-to-ann-loxdale-000"],"word_count":236,"themes_auto":["experience","trinity","works-piety"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1782b-06-to-ann-loxdale-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1782b-06-to-ann-loxdale-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1782b-06-to-ann-loxdale","source_title":"B 06 To Ann Loxdale","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Ann Loxdale Date: LONDON, July 24, 1782. MY DEAR MISS LOXDALE, Two or three years ago, when the Frenchmen expected to land, I made an offer to the Government. It was not accepted; so I thought of it no more. But some months since, Captain Webb renewed it to Colonel Barr I knew nothing of the matter. But I would not oppose it, as neither did I forward it. I barely gave him leave to inquire what number of the Methodists were willing to embark with him. But I suppose the whole is now at an end, as Colonel Barr is out of place. See letters of May 25 (to Captain Webb) and Aug. 3 (to Joseph Benson). I wish you to retain a close acquaintance with Mr. -. He is an upright man. And I am in hopes we may now set his head right See letters of July 12, 1782, and Nov. 21, 1783, to her.; as he that confounded his interests is gone to another world. There is no danger of your taking any step that is materially wrong if you continue instant in prayer. But I know so little of the thing you refer to that I can say little about it. Only do not expect that any creature will increase your happiness any farther than it increases your knowledge and love of God. I am, my dear Nancy, Yours affectionately.","word_count":236,"source_url":null,"themes":["experience","trinity","works-piety"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:17:55.611434"}]}