A manuscript volume of Revivalist Letters containing copies of 60 letters (1719-1742), including 18 between Timothy Thomas and Vavasor Griffiths (1719), 12 from Howell Harris (of which 8 are to Mrs Godwin, 1739-1742), and 9 from Benjamin Seward (all of 1739; 7 to William Seward, 2 to George Whitefield). Partly in the hands of Mrs Godwin (sister of Timothy Thomas) and her son Edward. According to a note on folio 9v, the manuscript was consulted by Thomas Gibbons for his The Hidden Life of a Christian, 1752.
Calvanistic Methodism: Revivalist Letters
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- ReferenceGB 133 Eng MS 897
- Dates of Creation18th century
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description185 x 120 mm. 1 volume (96 folios);
Scope and Content
Acquisition Information
Presented by the Moravian Union through John Norman Libbey, April 1937.
Custodial History
Former owners: Mrs Godwin; E. Godwin; [Bishop] Alex[ander] C[ossart] Hasse.
Bibliography
See Ivimey, The English Baptists, iv, pp. 558-9 . For the Godwins see Journal of the Calvinistic Methodist Historical Society, Trevecka MSS. Supplemental, 4, 5 and 7; no letter from this collection is printed there.