Collection of Pierre-Michel letters 1848-1862 1852-1862

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Collection of Pierre-Michel letters 1848-1862 1852-1862

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Pierre-Michel (1807-1875), also known as Eugene Vintras and by his spiritual name Elie-Strathaniel, founded l’Oeuvre de la Miséricorde (“Work of Mercy”), a Catholic sect, in 1839. Pierre-Michel was imprisoned in 1842 for fraud and denounced by the Vatican in 1848. The collection of Pierre-Michel letters contain 256 letters written by followers and sympathizers.

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Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University

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Thomas Haweis was born to Thomas and Bridgeman (Willyams) Haweis in Redruth, Cornwall, England on January 1, 1734. His father died in 1744, leading him to relocate with his mother to Carnanton, where they lived with her widowed brother and his son. Haweis attended Truro Grammar School under George Conon and then apprenticed briefly to a surgeon. After being converted under the preaching of Samuel Walker, Haweis felt called to ministry. He studied at Oxford beginning in 1755 and obta...