Detail View: Methodist Collection: Letter to John Wesley from Charles Wesley

Image Number: 
JRL0803368dc
Reference Number: 
DDCW/1/1
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Letter to John Wesley from Charles Wesley
Series Title: 
Correspondence of Charles Wesley
Series Title: 
Letters of Charles Wesley
Creator: 
Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
1727-01-20
Page/Sheet: 
2
Image Sequence Number: 
002
Description: 
Written to his brother John while Charles was an undergraduate, this letter contains the earliest extant example of his poetry: "No longer now on Hinxy's airy van / With thee shall I admire the subject plain / Or where the sight in neighbouring shades is lost …"
Language: 
English
Language Code: 
eng
Subject: 
Methodist Church
Subject: 
Religion
Subject: 
Christianity
Subject: 
Letters
Subject: 
Poetry
Category of Material: 
Archives
Sub-Category: 
Correspondence
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
18th Century CE
People Covered: 
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
People Covered: 
Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788
Item Height: 
182 mm
Item Width: 
147 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Methodist Church
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work: 
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes (TMCP)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2008-01-28
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2008-05
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB