Collection of Wesleyana artifacts, circa 1745-1988.

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Collection of Wesleyana artifacts, circa 1745-1988.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122386120

This collection contains approximately 258 items relating to John Wesley, his family, and Methodism. Approximately half of the collection consists of artifacts relating to John Wesley. The collection is organized in three series: I., Prominent Methodists; II., Methodist Events; and III., Miscellaneous artifacts. Series I, Prominent Methodists, is organized in two groups and three subgroups. Group A., Wesley family, includes subgroups John Wesley, Charles Wesley, and Other Wesleys. Group B. is Other Methodists. The collection includes images such as cameos, paintings, engravings, and photographs. Other artifacts include commemorative plates and plaques and other ceramic items, busts and figurines, medals, and other items.

22 cubic ft. (6 letter-size archives boxes, 1 legal-size archives box, 9-5"x8" archives boxes, 12-4"x6" archive boxes, 2-9"x11" oversized boxes, 1-21"x25" oversized box, 1 oversized folder, and 9 records center cartons)

Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology

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SNAC Resource ID: 6698149

Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology

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Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w113q (person)

English preacher; brother of John Wesley. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Marybone, to Robert Windsor, 1785 Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587853 Charles Wesley, an English clergyman, poet, and hymn writer, was born at Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, on December 18, 1707. He was the youngest son of Samuel and Susanna Wesley and the brother of John Wesley. In 1726 he entered Christ Church College, Oxford. During his time ...

M'Kendree, William, 1757-1835

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William M'Kendree, the first American-born Methodist bishop, was born 6 July 1757, in King William County, Virginia, and died 5 March 1835, in Sumner County, Tennessee. He converted to Methodism (ca. 1776), became a deacon (1790) and elder (1791) of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and served in various circuits in Virginia, except for his service in South Carolina (1793) and in the Baltimore circuit (1798). He became a leader in the trans-Allegheny revival movement when he served as superintende...

Wesley, Samuel, 1691-1739

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Coke, Thomas, 1747-1814

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Asbury, Francis, 1745-1816

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Francis Asbury (1745-1816) was one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. Born in England, he came to America in 1771; in 1784 he, with Thomas Coke, was named the head of the Methodist Church in America. There is a statue to his memory in Washington, DC, and in many towns and cities across America one may find an Asbury United Methodist Church. From the guide to the Francis Asbury Letters, 1811, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse ...

Wesley, Sarah, 1726-1822.

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Wesley, Susanna, 1669-1742

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Whitfield, George, 1714-1770.

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Pierce, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884

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Pierce was a physician, educated at Harvard, and also an amateur botanist. From the description of Notebook of George Pierce, 1840? (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177499191 George Foster Pierce, Methodist bishop and president of Emory College, was born 3 February 1811, in Greene County, Georgia, and died 4 September 1884, in Sparta, Georgia. Pierce was a son of Lovick Pierce (1785-1879), a Methodist clergyman and physician. He was admitted into the Georgia Conference of the ...

George, Enoch, 1767-1828

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Fletcher, John, 1729-1785

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Wesley, John, 1703-1791

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John Wesley, evangelist and founder of Methodism, was born 17 June 1703, in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, and died 2 March 1791, in London, England. He was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford (1724); was ordained a deacon in the Church of England (1725); and was elected a fellow of Lincoln College (1726). He eventually embarked upon a new ministry, along with his brother, Charles (b. 1707), which resulted in their separation from the Anglican church; they and other "Methodists" served as...

Wesley, Samuel

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Epithet: Rector of Epworth, county Lincolnshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001028.0x000398 Epithet: Reverend; the younger British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001028.0x00039a ...

Doub, Peter, 1796-1869

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Peter Doub, Methodist clergyman, was born 12 March 1786, in Stokes (now Forsythe) County, North Carolina, and died 24 August 1869, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He served the Methodist Episcopal Church as a circuit rider and itinerant minister for twenty-one years; he was a professor of Biblical literature for three years and a temperance lecturer for one year. Doub was one of three founders of Greensboro Female College. Articles written by him were published in the North Carolina CHRISTIAN ADV...