[585]. Methodist Magazine, 1798, p. 598.
[586]. It is said that, after his marriage, Fletcher, when writing to his friends, always subscribed his letters “John and Mary Fletcher.” (See “Six Letters of the late Rev. J. Fletcher. Bath, 1788.” 12mo, 20 pp.)
[587]. This was a journey to Bristol, whither he escorted his hostess, Mrs. Smyth, Lady Mary Fitzgerald, and the eldest daughter of the Rev. Edward Smyth. (“Life and Times of the Countess of Huntingdon,” vol. ii., p. 195.)
[588]. “Mrs. Fletcher’s Life,” by H. Moore, p. 155.
[589]. “Mrs. Fletcher’s Life,” by H. Moore, p. 154.
[590]. Mr. Brooke is described, in Wesley’s “Last Will and Testament,” as a “Painter.”
[591]. “Life of Mr. Henry Brooke,” by Isaac D’Olier, LL.D., pp. 102–121.
[592]. Letters, 1791, p. 293.
[593]. Local Preachers’ Magazine, 1853, p. 172.
[594]. Jonathan Crowther, President of the Methodist Conference in 1819, says, in his unpublished autobiography:—