Papers, 1743-1875.

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Papers, 1743-1875.

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Letters of Clarke to his wife, Mary Cook Clarke, son and literary executor, Joseph B.B. Clarke, and daughter and biographer, Mary Ann Clarke Smith, and later correspondence among family members concerning the publication of Clarke's biography. The collection covers Clarke's career as a minister and contains material on the development of the Wesleyan Methodist Church; the ministries of John Wesley, Thomas Coke, and George Whitefield; the British reaction to the French Revolution; missionary work in Palestine and the Shetland Islands; and the effects of the industrialization in England.

301 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6964866

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Clarke, Mary Cook.

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Coke, Thomas, 1747-1814

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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...

Smith, Mary Ann Clarke.

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Clarke, Joseph Butterworth Bulmer, -1855

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Methodist Church Great Britain

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Whitfield, George, 1909-

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Clarke, Adam, approximately 1762-1832

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Clergyman. From the description of Adam Clarke correspondence, 1832. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453252 British Methodist clergyman and theologian. From the description of Papers, 1743-1875. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19465383 ...