WESLEY’S DESIGNATED SUCCESSOR:

The Life, Letters, and Literary Labours

OF THE

REV. JOHN WILLIAM FLETCHER,

Vicar of Madeley, Shropshire.

BY

REV. L. TYERMAN,

AUTHOR OF

“THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE REV. SAMUEL WESLEY, M.A., RECTOR OF EPWORTH;”

“THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE REV. JOHN WESLEY, M.A.;”

“THE LIFE OF THE REV. GEORGE WHITEFIELD, B.A.;”

AND “THE OXFORD METHODISTS.”

New York:

PHILLIPS AND HUNT.

Cincinnati:

WALDEN AND STOWE.

MDCCCLXXXIII.

I dedicate this Book to my Wife,

Who has shared my joys and sorrows for nearly

thirty years.

L. TYERMAN.