Excerpts from My youthful days : typescript / by George Coles ; copied [i.e. transcribed] by Charles E. Topping. 1957.

Coles, George, 1792-1858

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Reverend George Coles was born in England in 1792 and moved to the United States around 1818. An ordained Methodist preacher, he traveled around New York and Connecticut for several years, spending most of his time in New York; he lived in Poughkeepsie, Hudson, Peekskill, Cortlandt, and other towns. He served as an editor for the Christian Advocate and Journal and wrote several books, including My First Seven Years in America (1852) and Heroines of Methodism, or, Pen and Ink Sketches of the Moth...

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 ...

Topping, Charles E.

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