Papers, 1829-1886.

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Papers, 1829-1886.

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Papers include: Correspondence (1829-1886) of David Leslie and his second wife, Adelia Judson Olley Leslie, concerning missionary activities and family matters; account (1840) by Adelia Leslie describing her voyage to Oregon on the ship Lausanne; David Leslie's essay "Growth of Methodism" (n.d.); miscellaneous financial, personal, and biographical records, including David Leslie's account book (1838-1847). Correspondents include Susan Gary, Phoebe Chapman, Maria Lee, Jason Lee, Daniel Lee, Mary Leslie, Elvira Perkins, and Anne Abernathy.

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Lee, Daniel, 1806-1895

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Reverend Daniel Lee, pioneer Methodist missionary, was born on July 1, 1806 in Stanstead, Quebec. Following his ordination in 1834, Daniel traveled overland to Oregon with his uncle, Jason Lee. They established the Willamette Mission at Mission Bottom (near Salem). After spending two years (1835-1836) in the Sandwich Islands, he returned to Oregon and soon was assigned to the Indian mission at The Dalles, where he served from 1838 to 1843. Daniel Lee married Maria T. Chapin Ware in 1840. Upon re...

Abernathy, Anne

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Lee, Maria, 1812-1892

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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 ...

Chapman, Phoebe

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Lee, Jason, 1803-1845

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Reverend Jason Lee, pioneer Methodist missionary, was born on June 28, 1803 in Stanstead, Quebec. After his ordination in 1834, Jason Lee and his nephew, Daniel Lee, journeyed overland to Oregon to serve the Flathead Indians. It was soon decided to abandon the Flathead mission and establish a new mission in the Willamette Valley. Jason returned east in 1838 to justify his decision and recruit reinforcements for the Willamette mission, as well as missions at The Dalles and Clatsop plains. In 1843...

Leslie, David, 1787-1869.

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Reverend David Leslie was born in Washington, New Hampshire in 1797. He left New York in 1837 and traveled to Oregon via Cape Horn, arriving in September 1837. In Oregon he served in Jason Lee's Willamette Methodist Episcopal mission, and in 1839 he was appointed as one of two magistrates of the country south of the Columbia River. He went to the Hawaiian Islands in 1842 and returned to Oregon to open a church in Oregon City in 1843. He had six children with his first wife, Mary A. Kinney, who d...

Leslie, Mary, 1842-1920

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Mary Leslie was a Canadian author. Based in Ontario, she was a frequent contributor of prose and verse to the McClure Magazine syndicate. She published one novel, The Cromaboo Mail carrier, under the pseudonym James Thomas Jones. From the description of Mary Leslie letter to Andrew Carnegie, 1899 July 31. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 60678010 ...

Perkins, Elvira

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Gary, Susan N.

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Leslie, Adelia

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