{"id":"jw/letters/1784b/09-to-robert-jones-of-fenmen-castle","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"B 09 To Robert Jones Of Fenmen Castle","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-1784b-09-to-robert-jones-of-fenmen-castle","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1784b-09-to-robert-jones-of-fenmen-castle-000"],"word_count":172,"themes_auto":["free-will","means-of-grace"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1784b-09-to-robert-jones-of-fenmen-castle-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1784b-09-to-robert-jones-of-fenmen-castle-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1784b-09-to-robert-jones-of-fenmen-castle","source_title":"B 09 To Robert Jones Of Fenmen Castle","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Robert Jones, of Fenmen Castle Date: CARDIFF, August 27, 1784. DEAR SIR, - If you go abroad, I would by no means advise you to go to France. That is no place to save expense; but it is the only place to make your sons coxcombs and your daughters coquettes. I cannot but think there is no country in Europe which would answer your design so well as Holland; and no place in Holland so well as Utrecht. It is within a day's journey of Helvoetsluys, whence you go directly by the packet for England. It is an healthful and a pleasant city, and less expensive than almost any city in France. You may have more or less company as you please. There are schools for your children; and if you should choose it, an university for your sons: and I could recommend you to some valuable acquaintance. I speak freely, because I have your interest at heart. Think of it, and send your thoughts to, dear sir, Your affectionate servant.","word_count":172,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","means-of-grace"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:19:42.955857"}]}