Whether Lay or Benezet was influenced by Woolman may be a matter of speculation and debate.
Note that this essay was not published until eight years after Woolman's journey.
In all this he paid a tribute to Quaker ideals and life, and deserves mention with Woolman and Benezet.
On the 20th, he insisted to see Mr Woolman's trunk, supposing we had plenty of money.
But Woolman seemed divinely inspired to perform his mission.
