Diary, 1792-1793.

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Diary, 1792-1793.

Diary, 1792-1793, kept in Mecklenburg County, Va.by a Methodist woman which contains religious writings but also references to the schism in the Methodist Church between the followers of James O'Kelly and Francis Asbury.

282 p. : bound volume ; 21 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7128725

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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 ...

O'Kelly, James, 1735-1826

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Jones, Sarah Anderson, d. 1794.

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