Linda, I went to Google to find you the phone and address of the Epworth-by-the--Sea deal and got your message in the interim and figured out pretty quickly that you know more about the place than I do. Good luck. Reminds me, I once hit a glancing blow at the Methodist Archives and History Center which is on the campus of Drew University at Madison, NJ. The website is enormous and has excellent indexes of all the texts and correspondence they have available. They have a ton. Unfortunately, they haven't digitalized any of the actual stuff, just the indexes. I think I'll work that site over once more and then see if I can prevail upon someone to look up Francis (preacher) for us. I think we need (or I need) another tack. I have been looking for him in connection with Francis Asbury. Asbury was a heavy hitter and a close friend of Francis. However, it seems to me that the principle thing we need to know about Francis is who were his parents and the Asbury connection would seem to me to not be likely to turn that up. I'll try something else. I continue to wonder if this Francis had anything to do with fact that most of those Burke and Screven Poythresses were Methodist. Francis worked VA and NC east of the mountains and when he came to Kentucky he seemed to stay on this side of the mountains. Just off the top of my head I'd be inclined to guess that he didn't have any contact with the Mecklenburg county crowd. Maynard P. S. Barbara, the dust jacket on Hillhouse's book says he lives in Danville, KY with his wife. Dr. Hillhouse was head of the finance committee of the four occupying powers of Germany and an advisor to Gen Lucius Clay which implies to me he wasn't any spring chicken then. The book was published in 1974 which suggests to me that Dr. Hillhouse may no longer be with us. All the same, I checked the 'net phone directories and came up blank. I have a shrink friend who sort of moves in the circles of the scholarly folk (Centre is at Danville) and I have asked him to make some inquiries. MP