Papers, 1841-1916.

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Papers, 1841-1916.

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Personal correspondence, diaries, sermons notes, and bills, of a Methodist minister, giving information of Reconstruction, the Freedmen's Bureau in Robeson Co., N.C., northern depredations in Lumberton and Fayetteville, N.C., and the behavior of the newly freed slaves, as well as on religious introspection and notes on various Methodist conferences. Includes several letters from Chaffin's son Robert, one concerning his entrance into the Confederate Army, and one, to his mother, giving a detailed description of Jacksonville, Fla., in 1900. Includes references to Lumbee Indians.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6964830

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Chaffin, Robert L.

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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In 1845, as a result of the North-South tensions, the Methodist Episcopal Church conferences in the Southern states withdrew to form the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1874 at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South held in Louisville, Kentucky, a Board of Commissioners was appointed to meet with a similar board from the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). The Board was empowered to begin talks the MEC board that would resolve differences between the two denomination...

Chaffin, Washington Sandford, 1815-1900.

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Methodist minister and circuit rider, from Lumberton (Robeson County), N.C. From the description of Papers, 1841-1916. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19464997 ...