Wesley's Designated Successor / The Life, Letters, and Literary Labours of the Rev. John William Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, Shropshire

by L. Tyerman

“Yorkshire.”

A few days after the date of this letter, Fletcher, accompanied by Mr. Ireland, returned to Madeley, having been absent from his flock since November 1776,—four years and a-half.

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[431]. Letters, 1791, p. 249.

[432]. Wesley’s “Life of Fletcher.”

[433]. Wesley’s “Life of Fletcher.”

[434]. Benson’s “Life of Fletcher.”

[435]. Letters, 1791, p. 43.

[436]. Benson’s “Life of Fletcher.”

[437]. Thirteen days after the date of this letter, Voltaire, in Paris, took a large dose of opium, without the advice of his physicians, and died.