{"id":"jw/letters/1783a/31-to-joseph-taylor","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"A 31 To Joseph Taylor","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-1783a-31-to-joseph-taylor","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1783a-31-to-joseph-taylor-000"],"word_count":157,"themes_auto":["catholic-spirit","free-will","universal-redemption"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1783a-31-to-joseph-taylor-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1783a-31-to-joseph-taylor-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1783a-31-to-joseph-taylor","source_title":"A 31 To Joseph Taylor","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Joseph Taylor Date: DUBLIN, April 26, 1783. DEAR JOSEPH, By all means let James Hall His colleague in Cornwall West. Taylor stayed in Cornwall another year; Hall went to Plymouth as second preacher in 1783. come to the Conference. If he would put forth all his strength and be exact in every branch of his office, I would appoint him for the Assistant next year. But I should be sorry if the work should decay. Do all you can during this precious season. I shall have no objection to your being in Nottingham Circuit (unless you are in love). But if you go thither, you must take the books into your own hands; though I do not say you will receive many thanks from Matthew Bagshaw. Evidently the books had been in the charge of this layman. I expect to be in England in about ten days. I am, dear Joseph, Your affectionate friend and brother.","word_count":157,"source_url":null,"themes":["catholic-spirit","universal-redemption","free-will"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:18:41.600541"}]}