Papers, 1827-1857.

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Papers, 1827-1857.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56511134

Includes ministerial charges for the following: Sangamon County Mission, 1827; Fort Clark Mission, 1831-1832; Bloomington, 1832-1833, 1839; Ottawa, 1834-1835; Fox River, 1835-1836; Waterloo and Hennepin, 1838-1839; Winchester, 1839-1840; Pulaski, 1841-1842; Monmouth and Fox River, 1842-1843; Greenville, 1844-1845; Peoria, 1844-1845; Little Rock, 1847-1848; and Livingston, 1847, 1850-1851. Includes the memoirs of William Royal and his son Thomas Fletcher Royal. There is much discussion of the Black Hawk War and a sketch of Peter Cartwright in the memoirs. There are three documents signed by Peter Cartwright and references to Cartwright throughout the collection.

.42 linear feet (1 box)

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Royal, Thomas Fletcher, 1821-1911.

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Royal, William, b. 1796.

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Methodist Episcopal minister and circuit rider for the Fox River Mission in Illinois. The Fox River Mission covered approximately 75 square miles between the Fox and Des Plaines Rivers and had 28 villages where Royal preached on his four week circuit. From the description of Papers, 1827-1857. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 56511134 ...

Methodist Episcopal Church. Fox River Mission.

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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 ...

Cartwright, Peter, 1785-1872

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Cartwright was a circuit-riding Methodist minister in Illinois and other states, as well as an Illinois legislator. From the description of Land document, November 13, 1833. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 665070303 Methodist minister and circuit rider in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois; member of Illinois House of Representatives (1828-1830, 1832-1834); resident of Sangamon County, Illinois. From the description of Gu...