—— [1794] — to George Roberts

Just when this letter was written cannot be ascertained from the Journal records. In August, 1793, and August, 1794, Asbury was in Connecticut. In 1794 he was sick in Maryland. Though he had an itinerary as planned here, he did not follow this plan exactly in 1793 or 1794; but he was in Hartford on Sunday, the 29th, 1794. It seems that the June 1 in the letter should be September 1. On June 1, 1794, Asbury was in Virginia at Harrisonburg. Many of the dates in the 1852 edition of the Journal are incorrect. CONNECTICUT

—— [1794]¹

[TO GEORGE ROBERTS]²

Brother Roberts:

Will you be so kind as to write an answer to Daniel Burrows³ a letter and let him know that something extra ordinary hath befallen me, that I have been very unwell for some days, unfit for ministerial duty with a —— cold and intermitting fever, that I have taken upon the low lands of Maryland. Tell him, the plan they have given out was one that Brother Whatcoat⁴ took a copy of, and gave out by mistake, when [we] were only composing a plan. Tell him I have written on a complete plan which brings us to City [of] Hartford Sunday the twenty ninth, Monday 30 at —— in Hebron. — — Tuesday 31, Windham, at Thompson, Wednesday June 1-3, you will find the directions where to write in his letter.

FR ASBURY

P.S. As I shall not return through New York and probably the preachers will not all go, I must stay 4 or 5 days in order to know what and which is to be done. I am inclined get B—— to take charge of the Genesee District. F A

You are powerfully perplexed with your little local plagues but my work lies in 2000 oblong [miles] here and there and has almost every where, where we have preachers. Tell Burrows that Brother Whatcoat and myself shall probably be together, perhaps one of us will be able to preach. Drew University Library