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MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Home/Box 1391
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| Summary: |
Prior to the journal there is a copy of a letter written by Coke whilst in Liverpool on 7 Octob[e]r 1793 to the Methodist Missionary Society in Kingston, Jamaica, offering Francis Thursby as a minister appointed by [Wesleyan Methodist] Conference to serve in Montego Bay in place of Mr [William] Fish, with note stating that Coke ordained Thursby on 6 October 1793. Manuscript then has a copy of a letter written by Coke whilst in Hinckley, Leicester[shire], on 21 April 1794, to Mr W[illia]m Thompson, on religious division.
Partial copy of Thomas Coke's journal of his voyage to and travels in America from 8 September 1784 to 3 June 1785, probably in the hand of Francis Thursby.
After the journal there is a copy of a letter from 'the heathens of London and Westminster' at 'Infidel corner in Drury Lane [London]', 12 Aug[us]t 1788, suggesting missionary focus should be on the 'heathens' at home not overseas in Asia, America and Africa. Apparently copied from the 'London Chronicle'. Followed by a brief anecdote on a sermon on usury.
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| Previous numbers: |
Item 14 Coke mss list
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| Extent: |
1 volume
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| Custodial history: |
Previously belonged to F A Watts of Northampton. Aquired by the Methodist Missionary Society, possibly in 1937. |
| Access status: |
Open
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| Copyright: |
Copyright held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes |
| User restrictions: |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| Language: |
English
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| Scripts: |
Latin
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| Related material: |
There are some items regarding the provenance and identification of this manuscript within the Correspondence section of this collection: a letter from 1937 (MMS/17/02/00/03/01/04/07) and a letter with enclosure from 1962 (MMS/17/02/00/03/01/04/08).
See also 1793 printed edition of 'Extracts of the journals of the Rev Dr Coke's five visits to America' in the 'Publications' section of this collection (MMS/17/02/00/03/03/04). |
| Publications: |
A different (albeit very similar) partial copy of Coke's journal forms part of the publication 'Extracts of the journals of the late Rev. Thomas Coke, L.L.D.: comprising several visits to north-America and the west-Indies, his tour through a part of Ireland, and his nearly finished voyage to Bombay in the east-Indies: to which is prefixed, a life of the doctor' (1816).
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| Format: |
Archive
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