Undated — to Joseph Benson

This is only part of the letter. The remainder has not come to light. The day and month are not known. It is important because it gives some information on the disagreements between Thomas Rankin and Francis Asbury. —— 1777

[TO JOSEPH BENSON]¹

It appeared to me that his² object was to sweep the continent of every preacher that Mr. Wesley sent to it and of every respectable traveling preacher of Europe who had graduated among us, whether English or Irish. He told us that if we returned to our native country, we would be esteemed as such obedient, loyal subjects that we would obtain ordination in the grand Episcopal Church of England and come back to America with high respectability after the war was ended.

[FRANCIS ASBURY]

H.K. Carroll, Francis Asbury in the Making of American Methodism, 78