Letter from Thomas Coke, 'on the Atlantic Ocean, near Barbadoes' to Mr [Thomas] Ridgway, at the Preaching-house or Preacher's Lodgings, Cavan, Ireland

Hopes to see Ireland 'flame with the Glory of God'. Hopes the evangelical success they are having in Ireland will spread. Encourages Ridgway in his evangelism but to beware those they have expelled. John A Vickers suggests that this letter was mistakenly dated 1791 instead of 1790 and that most of...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Home/Box 1391
Date(s) of creation: 20 Nov 1791
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

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title Letter from Thomas Coke, 'on the Atlantic Ocean, near Barbadoes' to Mr [Thomas] Ridgway, at the Preaching-house or Preacher's Lodgings, Cavan, Ireland
scb_date_creation 20 Nov 1791
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description Hopes to see Ireland 'flame with the Glory of God'. Hopes the evangelical success they are having in Ireland will spread. Encourages Ridgway in his evangelism but to beware those they have expelled. John A Vickers suggests that this letter was mistakenly dated 1791 instead of 1790 and that most of the letter is in a different hand from Coke's (page 127-128 of 'The letters of Dr. Thomas Coke' (2013))'.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
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scb_scripts_material Latin
scb_publications Transcript apppears on page 127 of 'The letters of Dr. Thomas Coke' edited by John A. Vickers (2013).
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