Papers of Bessie McNeer O'Neal [manuscript] 1805-ca. 1877 and n.d.

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Papers of Bessie McNeer O'Neal [manuscript] 1805-ca. 1877 and n.d.

Diary, 1805-16, 1824-30, of James Watts Methodist minister in western Penn, Ohio, and western Virginia. He mentions Bishop Francis Asbury, Bishop Richard Whatcoat and describes the hardships of circuit riding. [2 v.]. Autobiography, n.d., of George Stevenson Methodist minister, describing his early life in Ulster Co., Ireland, immigration to Philadelphia, and subsequent ministry, incl. his experiences as a Confederate sympathizer in Gettysburg, and Frederick, Md., and post-war ministry in Rockingham Co., Va. There is also an autograph album, n.d., of Nanny Watts.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Watts, Nanny.

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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 ...

Stevenson, George, 1810-1893.

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Whatcoat, Richard, Bishop, 1736-1806.

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O'Neal, Bessie McNeer.

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Watts, James, 1782-1857.

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Asbury, Francis, Bishop, 1754-1816.

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