Letters Upon Sacred Subjects, by a Person Lately Deceasedprinted in the year, 1757 - 198 pàgines This is Charles's personal copy of a book of letters by Mrs. Lefevre that John Wesley published shortly after her death; in the front pages of the book, in Charles's hand, is his poem eulogizing Mrs. Lefevre, dated July 6, 1756. (For published form, see Osborn, Poetical Works 6:263-5) |
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