Records, 1836-1927.

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Records, 1836-1927.

Minutes of meetings of Leaders and Stewards and the Official Board, 1841-1901; minutes of Trustees meetings, 1838-1915; and minutes of meetings of the Quarterly conference, 1851-1896. Records of membership, classes, births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1851-1927. An unpublished manuscript of a history of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the First M.E. Church in springfield written in 1895 by Mrs. Joseph Wallace.

1.75 linear feet 4 boxes.13 v. ; 37 cm. or smaller.

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First Methodist Church of Springfield, Illinois.

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First Methodist Episcopal Church of Springfield.

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Cartwright, Peter, 1785-1872

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Methodist Episcopal Church

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