{"id":"jw/letters/1783b/27-to-captain-richard-williams","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"B 27 To Captain Richard Williams","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-1783b-27-to-captain-richard-williams","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1783b-27-to-captain-richard-williams-000"],"word_count":114,"themes_auto":["catholic-spirit","free-will","universal-redemption"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1783b-27-to-captain-richard-williams-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1783b-27-to-captain-richard-williams-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1783b-27-to-captain-richard-williams","source_title":"B 27 To Captain Richard Williams","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Captain Richard Williams Date: LONDON, November 9, 1783. MY DEAR BROTHER, I know the talents which God has lent me, and I dare not bury any of them in the earth. I am a debtor both to the learned and the unlearned. And in the Magazine I apply to both; chiefly, indeed, to the unlearned, because these are the far greater number. And still I keep my original points in view, He died for all to save them from all sin. I think the lines on Slavery will do well! See letters of Feb. 25 to Taylor, and Dec. 10. They are both sensible and poetical. I am, dear Richard, Your affectionate brother.","word_count":114,"source_url":null,"themes":["catholic-spirit","universal-redemption","free-will"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:19:05.507917"}]}