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Envelope only, with line of text; original letter is held by Wesley College, Bristol.

Handwritten transcription, 1889 by Rev. T. Withington in a letter to George Stampe, subsequently passed to John Telford, to F. F. Bretherton, to FB.

FB's note: "This is a membership list in John Wesley's handwriting. There are several hundred John Wesley letters but only five of these membership lists are still extant."

Includes the following: Fragment from the old Dublin Society Book, listing names of members, undated; "Certainly the 15, 2 is to be paid," undated; "To Mr. Mason of the Preaching house," undated; "To Mrs. Woudhouse at Mr. Hutton's" ["Woodhouse"??], circa 1770; Scrapbook page (miscellany related to JW), undated

Provenance: Bretherton. Labeled as "Rev. John Wesley's Last Shorthand Journal, 1790." Photographed pages of original at Wesley College, Headingley; photographed in 1907.

Autograph and letter book of Ann Eliza Fourness, Halifax, as inscribed by her inside front cover, 1826. In addition to the JW letter described in chronological sequence above (1788 June 17), it contains inscribed and signed passages and letters from a number of 19th century Methodist preachers. Letters laid in include one from Adam Clarke, 1830 June 22, and two from Jabez Bunting, 1813 Oct. 12 and 1840 Mar. 23. A folder in the box contains photocopies of these and the Wesley letter. Inscriptions and laid-in items appear intermittently throughout the volume.

Whitefield ALS, endorsed by Wesley, "G. Wh. Jul. 11 1735."

Two facsimile pages plus FB's notes. FB notes that neither document is in Wesley's hands, only the signature. The body of the letter for Thomas Owens is in the hand of Thomas Coke, with Wesley's signature.

Autograph document signed, on architectural linen[?].

Patron use copies of most but not all of the JW holograph documents housed in Box WF 1. Please consult with a reference archivist if there is a use copy does not exist.

Photograph of manuscript document including Wesley in the "new lists of pensioners and scholars" to be admitted to the Charterhouse (JW appears as "John Westly" in the Scholars column). Also, one b/w engraving of the Charterhouse, circa 1816, and a newspaper clipping containing a series of sketched scenes at the Charterhouse. Transferred from the Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files.

Endorsed in pencil, 'Thurs. Oct. 20, 1748'; headed 'Blwch, half hour past Eleven.' Charles Wesley Sr., outlining his activities on Thurs. and Fri., Oct. 20-21, 1748 (handwriting authenticated by Richard Heitzenrater, 2005 Aug. 29).

Handwritten transcription by R. [?] Smith, 1903, that appears to match holograph now at Emory University.

Entitled "Composed by Charles Wesley on the road to Norwich, 1754," as transcribed by Gertrude Champness and collected by Marmaduke Riggall, 1911.