January 8, 1801 — to Stith Mead

This is the second letter to Stith Mead in two days and seems to be an afterthought in reference to the “married” preacher. In the letter of January 6 Asbury had referred to the appointment of Samuel Cowles to Oconee.

CAMDEN, S.C.

January 8, 1801

[TO STITH MEAD]¹

My dear Mead:

You will be surprised with your appointment to president elder² of Georgia.

Not by might nor by power but by my spirit saith the Lord. You have but one poor married preacher, he is afraid he will starve upon Oconee all the year; he may change with one of the young men in Washington in 6 months. You will I hope, the Georgians will, supply the preachers with quarterage. And it will be needful the stewards should send an account to conference of what each has received. They will have no claim from conference, if the circuits supply them.

F. ASBURY

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