Letter from Anne Coke, Birmingham [Warwickshire], to Mrs [Mary] Fletcher, Madeley, Salop [Shropshire], with comments added by T[homas] Coke

Had hoped to visit in the summer but at the intended time friends from Shropshire stayed and she failed to write as well. Last August Dr Coke suggested she went to Liverpool to be with him but after she initially declined she was convinced and they married on 16th of this month [December]. All relat...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Home/Box 1391
Date(s) of creation: 28 Dec 1811
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title Letter from Anne Coke, Birmingham [Warwickshire], to Mrs [Mary] Fletcher, Madeley, Salop [Shropshire], with comments added by T[homas] Coke
scb_date_creation 28 Dec 1811
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description Had hoped to visit in the summer but at the intended time friends from Shropshire stayed and she failed to write as well. Last August Dr Coke suggested she went to Liverpool to be with him but after she initially declined she was convinced and they married on 16th of this month [December]. All relations happy except her sister who was reluctant to let her go. Will be travelling with her husband so she can watch over his health and contribute to his comfort and will be assisted by an attendant. Much of her husband's time is taken up with the missions to the extent that this precluded him from visiting Madeley [Shropshire] recently. Asks after the health of Miss Tooths [Mary Tooth]. In a postscript adds that they will be in Dudley, Worcestershire, until the 11th and then travelling to Bath [Somerset] so letters can be sent to the local Methodist chapel. Coke writes that he apologies for not answering her last letters. Hopes to visit with his wife, probably next summer. They can then discuss her recommendation for a missionary. In a postscript he is full of praise for his wife and looks forward to sharing more of his feelings in the future.
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scb_copyright Copyright held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
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language English
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scb_scripts_material Latin
scb_publications Transcript apppears on page 656 of 'The letters of Dr. Thomas Coke' edited by John A. Vickers (2013).
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