Wesleyan collection, 1759-1916.

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Wesleyan collection, 1759-1916.

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The collection consists of papers relating to the Wesleyan Methodist Church and Conference in Great Britain from 1763-1916. The papers consist of loose correspondence of Wesleyan Conference presidents and ministers (1763-1916); bound volumes of correspondence; and broadsides, circular letters, and other printed materials (1759-1895). Three of the bound volumes, created to document the service of each Conference president, include a biographical sketch, a portrait, and a representative piece of their original correspondence. Two volumes contain the same type of materials documenting various Wesleyan ministers and one volume contains a variety of material relating to John Wesley.

.5 linear ft. : (2 boxes, 6 OBV, 1 OP)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6927225

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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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...

Wesleyan methodist Church

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Wesleyan Methodist Church. Conference

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