[156]. No doubt, the Rev. William Talbot, LL.D., Vicar of Kineton, in Warwickshire.
[157]. Fletcher’s Works, vol. viii., p. 255.
[158]. Wesley’s Journal.
[159]. Gillies’ “Life of Whitefield.”
[160]. Trevecca College was supported at the sole expense of the Countess of Huntingdon till her death, on June 17, 1791. “Had her ability been equal to her desire for its continuance, she would have endowed it, and thereby have provided for its perpetuity.” About four years before her decease, and with her full approval, provision was made for the future. Seven trustees were appointed to take care of the College after her ladyship’s death; and a subscription was begun for its maintenance. This accumulated fund, in 1791, amounted to £585, 3 per cent. Consols. The lease of the Trevecca property had expired, and it was now determined to remove the college to Cheshunt, near London. Accordingly, the Trevecca house was given up at Lady-day, 1792; the furniture, the library, and the communion plate were taken to Cheshunt, where the new establishment was formally opened on August 24, the anniversary of the commencement of the abandoned one at Trevecca. A religious service, of nearly three hours and a-half’s duration, was held; Lady Anne Agnes Erskine, executrix of the Countess of Huntingdon, presided; and seven or eight hundred persons were present. (“The Order observed at the opening of the Countess of Huntingdon’s College at Cheshunt, London, 1792,” 8vo., 86 pp.)
[161]. Letters, 1791, p. 198.
[162]. In all probability at the opening of the College on August 24.
[163]. Letters, 1791, p. 199.
[164]. Ibid, 1791, p. 204.
[165]. Letters, 1791, p. 205.