Letter : Orangeburg, S.C., to J.B. Campbell, Charleston, S.C., 1877 Aug. 7.

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Letter : Orangeburg, S.C., to J.B. Campbell, Charleston, S.C., 1877 Aug. 7.

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Letter asks for Campbell's opinion concerning a controversy over the deed and ownership of the Centenary Church of Charleston, S.C. involving the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston and the Missionary Society.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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South Carolina Historical Society

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Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.)

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Methodist Episcopal Church

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The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the U.S. in 1784. The first general conference was held in 1792 and the constitution was adopted in 1900. In 1939 the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Protestant Church united to form the Methodist Church (U.S.). From the description of Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455885 From the guide to the Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945, (The New ...

Webster, Alonzo, d. 1887.

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Methodist Episcopal clergyman. Alonzo Webster was born in Vermont, and in 1865 was appointed by Bishop Baker to assist the Rev. T.W. Lewis, a missionary working in Charleston, South Carolina. Webster ministered to black Methodists who wanted their own church, and represented a group of former slaves (former members of Trinity Methodist Church) in negotiations to buy a church building on Wentworth Street. This building became the home of the Centenary United Methodist Church of Charleston, S.C. ...

Methodist Episcopal Church. Missionary Society

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Campbell, James B., 1808-1883

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Charleston, S.C. attorney, businessman, and politician. Born in Oxford, Mass., Campbell came to Edisto Island, S.C. in 1826 as a teacher. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1832, settling in Charleston. He married Anna M. Bennett, and they had two daughters, Mary B. and Celia Campbell. Campbell served as director of the Savannah and Charleston Railroad Co., the Edisto and Ashley Canal Co., and other companies. Beginning with the nullification controversy, Campbell became active in pol...