Note 42 — Chapter XXXV · MY LAST TOUR WITH BISHOP ASBURY.

Henry Foxall was an Englishman, and was well acquainted with Bishop Asbury’s mother. He was converted in Ireland while there on business, and soon afterward came to this country. He had a foundry in Philadelphia, on the banks of the Schuylkill, near where the Fairmount water works now are, and another at Georgetown. I have been in both, and at the latter saw them casting cannon for the government. I was present when his only daughter was married by Bishop Asbury to a Mr. M’Kenne. I was well acquainted with Mr. Foxall, and the bishop and he were like two brothers. He gave the site for, and built, the new church called “The Foundry.” He gave it that name for two reasons: first, in remembrance of Mr. Wesley’s first chapel in London, which was so called; and second, because his own business was that of a founder. He possessed great business talent and acquired considerable wealth. He was distinguished for humility, liberality, and hospitality. He died while on a visit to England in 1823, at the age of sixty-eight. He left five thousand dollars to the Wesleyan Missionary Society in England, and five thousand to the “Chartered Fund” for the relief of worn-out preachers, of which he was one of the early trustees.