Wesley Corpus

To Mrs. Crosby Date: COLERAINE, June 4, 1789. MY DEAR SISTER, You do well to write to me with all freedom. There does not need to be any reserve between you and me. When I broke my rule formerly in favor of Pawson, by letting him stay a third year at Bristol, I did not hear the last of it for several years. I will not, cannot, dare not, break it again, only in favor of a wife near the time of lying-in. I believe it will be expedient for all the preachers to remove from Leeds. It is a cruel thing for preachers to disparage one another. A short sentence follows which is illegible. . . . I am in better health than when I left Dublin. I am, dear Sally, Your affectionate brother.