Add MS 43696

TINDALL CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 117). Typewritten copies (a) of the above letters, presenting slight inaccuracies and omissions, and (b) of the following material, viz:-

(1) Hymns by Ann Tindall, numbered 39 (with a comment by John Wesley, f. 7), 60, 61 and 62; March-April 1774. Typewritten from the originals now in Add. MS. 43740, ff. 68b-71, with the exception of Hymn no. 39 which was retained by the donor. ff. 6-12.

(2) Hymns by John Cennick, Methodist preacher. Contemporary copies with typewritten transcript, viz:-(a) 'A Hymn at Meeting a Friend.' Printed with verbal variations in his Sacred Hymns for the Children of God in the Days of their Pilgrimage, 2nd ed., 1741, pp. 42-43. f. 17 (transcript, f. 18);-(b) 'at parting with a Friend, a Hymn'. Printed, with an additional stanza after the third and other variations, op. cit., pp. 46-47. f. 19 (contemporary copy, f. 17b);-(c) Beg. 'Shall Children of the Lord, most high'. Omits stanzas 7, 8 and 11 of the printed version, op. cit., PP. 71-73. ff. 21-22 (contemporary copy, ff. 23b-24).

(3) 'A Hymn on a Birthday', by Charles Wesley, brother of John Wesley, beg. 'God of my life to Thee'. Contemporary COPY (ff. 23-23 b) with typewritten transcript. Printed, with the addition of two stanzas after the fourth, in his Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749, i, pp. 211-212, and in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, vol. v, 1869, pp. 15-17. In other editions, A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the people called Methodists, 1780, pp. 221-222,.and 1875, pp. 218-219, and The Methodist Hymn-Book [1904], pp. 743-744, the third and fourth stanzas are partly transposed and the fifth replaced with an additional stanza; the last collection also omits the second stanza. ff. 23-23 b, 26-27.

(4) Two poems by Ann Tindall, typewritten, from The Arminian Magazine, i, 1778, pp. 482-484, and ii, 1779, pp. 323-326, entitled, 'To Stella', and 'Lines written on reading Stella's Account of the Deceitfulness of Human Friendship'. ff. 57-59, 62-64.

(5) 'Reflections...', a poem by Ann Tindall on the death of John William Fletcher al. de la Flechere, Vicar of Madeley; 14 Aug. 1785. Typewritten, from an original formerly at Sidmouth. Followed (f. 109) by a portrait of Fletcher engraved by James Thomson after the original by John Jackson, R.A. ff. 103-l08. At the beginning of the volume (f. 2) is a mezzotint (1825) by William Ward, A.R.A., of the Christ Church, Oxford, replica of the portrait of John Wesley by George Romney (see T. H. Ward and W. Roberts, Romney, 1904, ii, p. 169).

Juliet Mary Morse, wife of Sydney Morse: Notes conc. letters of J. Wesley, etc.: 20th cent.: partly typewritten.

John Wesley, founder of Methodism: Letters to Miss A. Tindall: 1774-1790.: autogr. and typewritten copies.

Miss Ann Tindall, of Scarborough; friend of John Wesley: Correspondence and papers: 1771-1801, n.d.

includes:

• f. 2 Art. Portraits: John Wesley; mezzotint by W. Ward after G. Romney: 1825.
• f. 2 George Romney, painter: Mezzotint of J. Wesley by W. Ward after: 1825.
• f. 2 John Wesley, founder of Methodism: Mezzotint portrait of,by W.Ward, after G. Romney: 1825.
• f. 2 William Ward, ARA: Mezzotint portrait of J. Wesley, after G. Romney: 1825.
• ff. 6-12, 57-59, 62-64, 103-108 (typewritten copies) Poetry ENGLISH: Miss A. Tindall, hymns and other verse: 1774-1786, n.d.
• ff. 6-27 Hymns: Hymns by Ann Tindall and others: 18th cent.
• ff.6-12,57-59,62-64,103-108 Miss Ann Tindall, of Scarborough; friend of John Wesley: Hymns and verses, etc.: 1774-aft. 1801, n.d.: autogr and typewritten copies.
• ff. 17, 23b, 24 John Cennick, Methodist preacher: Hymns: 18th cent.: Contemporary copies and typewritten copies.
• ff.18-22 John Cennick, Methodist preacher: Hymns: 18th cent.: Contemporary copies and typewritten copies.
• f. 23 Charles Wesley, hymnographer: Hymns: 18th cent.: Contemporary copies and a typewritten transcript.
• ff. 103-108 John William Fletcher, alias de la Flechere; Vicar of Madeley: Poem on his death, by Miss A. Tindall: 1785.: Typewritten copy.
• f. 109 James Thomson, engraver: Portrait of Rev. J. W. Fletcher engr. by, after J. Jackson: 19th cent.
• f. 109 John Jackson, RA(?): Portrait of Rev. J. W. Fletcher engr. by J. Thomson after: 19th cent.
• f. 109 John William Fletcher, alias de la Flechere; Vicar of Madeley: Portrait, engr. by J. Thomson, after J. Jackson: 19th cent.
• f.109 Art. Portraits: Rev. J. W. Fletcher. Engr. by J. Thomson after J. Jackson: 19th cent.