Extract of a letter from The Reverend Mr. Wright, in Cumberland County, Virginia, to Mr. Joseph Forfitt, July, 1761

Extract of a letter from The Reverend Mr. Wright, in Cumberland County, Virginia, to Mr. Joseph Forfitt, July, 1761. [London?] : [publisher not identified], [1761?]

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John Wright, a pupil of Samuel Davies, studied at the College of New Jersey at Princeton. He received a license to preach from the Presbytery of New Castle, Delaware. He served as minister in Farmville, Cumberland County, Virginia from 1755-1763 where he established schools to instruct and convert the slaves of Cumberland County. Wright was suspended by the Hanover Presbytery in 1763 amid charges of "sodomy, drunkenness, Popery, and Racing."--Cf. Rogal, Samuel J.A Biographical dictionary of 18th century Methodism.

Letter from Wright to Forfitt thanking him for the religious books which he has sent to Cumberland County. Wright discusses the great religious revival taking part in the county. Wright discusses the conversion of the slaves of Archibald Cary and the blacks of the county in general. Wright boasts that "I have seen a great work of grace carried on under Mr. Davies, but not to be compared to this late revival among the poor slaves." After detailing the great successes within the slave population, Wright requests more aid and asks Forfitt to "communicate this to all the negroe friends in and about London."

Collation: 8vo.: A⁴; 4 leaves: p. [1] 2-8; $2 signed.