[Letter, 1780 Sept. 3] Virginia [to] John Wesley, London, Eng. / Francis Asbury.
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Wesley, John (1703-1791)
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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 ...