John Fletcher Papers, 1770-1797
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Letters, will, notebooks, and notes of John William Fletcher (1729-1785), a Church of England clergyman and Methodist writer. He resisted Wesley's attempts to persuade him to itinerate, and he worked hard (with Joseph Benson) to keep the Methodist movement within the Church of England. He wrote extensively and was the main exponent of Arminian theology. Relatively late in life, he married Mary Bosanquet, who served as his partner in ministry until his death.
Arranged in three folders: (1) series of letters to Joseph Benson regarding Calvinist controversy surrounding Lady Huntingdon's school at Trevecca; (2) individual letters in chronological order; (3) other documents.
RELATED MATERIAL: Letters from or to John Fletcher also appear in the Wesley Family Series, Charles Wesley Subseries; in the Correspondence Series, Mrs. Leighton Letter Book; and in the Perronet Family Papers. FB's research on the letters and portraits of Fletcher appear in the Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files, Alphabetical Subseries I. Additionally, the Rubenstein Library holds some 140 editions of monographs by or about Fletcher.
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