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[Identification of item], Frank Baker Collection of Wesleyana and British Methodism, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Frank Baker Collection of Wesleyana and British Methodism were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as purchases and gifts from 1961-2007.
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Encoded by Andrew Cannon, Beth DeBold, Stephanie Chao, Deanna Koretsky, Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, Elisabeth Narkin, Chloe Rockow, Michael Shumate, March 2013
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: all accessions prior to 2008 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
Many original Wesley-related manuscripts were transferred to this collection from the Frank Baker Papers.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory:
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
The
Additionally, correspondence from many of the key figures in 18th and 19th century history of British Methodism greatly extends the collection's breadth of coverage. Among others, these groups of correspondence include Joseph Benson, Jabez Bunting, Adam Clarke, Thomas Coke, James Everett, John Fletcher, Mary (Bosanquet) Fletcher, Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, Elizabeth (Ritchie) Mortimer, George Osborn, Hester Ann Rogers, Richard Tabraham, and Thomas Wride.
The collection materials cover many topics, including: the life and training of clergy women correspondence and diaries; the religious life of women; biography; portraiture; spiritual topics; Protestantism as depicted in art; and the debate between Arminianism and Calvinism in the early church. Organizational history in the collection covers several branches of the 18th and 19th century church, including Wesleyan Methodism, Primitive Methodism, missions, and missionary societies.
Formats of materials include church records and registers, account books, autograph albums, broadsides (notices), circular letters, engravings, maps, sermons, scrapbooks, class tickets, photographs, photocopies of original manuscripts, memorabilia, and realia.
Acquired as part of the Frank Baker Collection of Wesleyana and British Methodism.
The collection is divided into ten series:
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
Three series in the latter can prove useful for establishing what may be thought of as the later history of items (that is, how FB came to acquire them and pass them to Duke): the Subject Files, searched by name, place, or topic; Correspondence, particularly prior to FB's move from England to the U.S. in 1960; and the Baker Collections Files, which contain much correspondence detailing the gradual transfer of FB's collections to the Duke University Libraries from 1961 through the early 2000s.
The early history of items (how they passed from their creators down through the 19th and early 20th centuries to FB's immediate source), is more difficult to trace, though possible in many instances. Many otherwise obscure or anonymous handwritten notes on holographs and early transcriptions in the collection can be traced to one or more of a number of historians, writers, and collectors whose lives date from the late 18th century all the way to the mid-1950s. More information about all of these men is available elsewhere in this finding aid, but their names and dates are given here in chronological order: James Everett (1784-1872); Thomas Marriott (1786-1852); George Osborn (1808-1891); Lucas Tyernan (1820-1889); George Stampe (1836-1918); Marmaduke Riggall (1851-1927); and F. F. Bretherton (1868-1956). Bretherton, whom FB knew well from his work in the Wesley Historical Society, is often the most immediate connection between FB and the earlier historians and collectors.
Documents three generations of the family, but especially the lives of John and Charles Wesley. The series is divided into subseries by family member. The three largest manuscripts subseries are those for John Wesley (1703-1791), Charles Wesley (1707-1788), and Sarah Wesley (1759-1826), the daughter of Charles. The
The
The manuscript portion of the series is rounded out by several small groups of letters from other family members related directly to Charles: his wife, Sarah, and her sisters, his two sons, Charles and Samuel; and two grandsons. The series ends with the large
Letters and writings of the Wesley family are arranged in subseries by family member, in chronological order by date of birth:
John Wesley and others developed a system of shorthand for communications and writings, some examples of which can be found in this collection. This single undated printed sheet contains a sample of about 20 lines in Wesley's own shorthand - without a key, however - originating from a journal entry from 1740. The facing page contains illustrations of ten Methodist Society Tickets from the 18th century.
Church of England clergyman, poet, and father of John Wesley (1703-1791) and Charles Wesley (1707-1788).
[Processing Note: Original missing. Typewritten transcript available.]
Letters written by John Wesley to family, fellow preachers and members of his congregation. The majority of these letters are abrupt, aimed at answering specific questions or resolving particular concerns, but others are more expansive. The 1735/6 letter, composed as Wesley was on his way to Georgia, relates events of the voyage and singles out General Oglethorpe for praise. Writing to Lord Rowdon on May 18, 1760, Wesley opposes "the simplicity of the Gospel" with "Philosophical Religion."
Several letters are either addressed or refer to individuals whose manuscripts appear elsewhere in the Baker Wesleyana Collection, especially John Fletcher, Elizabeth (Ritchie) Mortimer, and Sarah Crosby. The letter to Miss Sparrow of Jan. 14, 1779, first passes on an anecdote that Fletcher told about Voltaire, then goes on to present Wesley's scathing views on the French writer and his successes. On June 3, 1774, writing to Sarah Crosby, Wesley worries that Elizabeth Ritchie might succumb to temptation and instructs Mrs. Crosby to watch over her. And in another letter to her several years later (May 11, 1780), he turns his concern to Crosby herself, assuring her that he will keep her writing a secret, burning the originals and transcribing only what he wishes to keep for himself; further, he questions her about her predilection to vices, urging her to speak openly about herself to him, but noting that he does not make a habit of speaking about himself to others so as not to hurt them.
Arranged in chronological order.
[NOTE: Originals housed in Box WF 1 available by prior request only. Use copies for most but not all of the originals are in Box WF 4. Please consult with a reference archivist if there is no use copy.
Endorsed by John Wesley: "Selby. April 9, 1734. + / New birth." FB's extensive note about this letter and its writer, ca. 1976, quoted in full: "PM, 9/AP. 4 pp. 4t0, part of red seal. Spelt 'Westly'. ; Gives copy of S's letter to Bp. Of [?] from memory, 'Yewterday I heard ye Rev. Mr. A. Swear, Mr. B. S, talk B. & gets D-k frequently. Mr. C. is a d-n f Priest. Mr. D and Mr. E are called D-n Priests. Mr. E pays nobody his D-ts.' He writes from pity, not malice. Selby not in Dick's [Heitzenrater] diss., but Green, p. 191: 'Prideax Selby, the son of a merchant from Holy Island in Northumberland, had become a member of Lincoln as a servitor on 25th November, 1731, and was elected to a scholarship on 22nd February, 1733; Wesley talked to him about Communion and by October he was one of the little company who made their Communion at Christ Church on Sunday mornings.'"
FB's typewritten note accompanies this letter: "A contemporary copy of an important letter written by JW as he set sail for America. The letter is genuine, but the handwriting is not Wesley's. Cf. the photostat of the original in Wesley's hand, written to Sir John Phillips, and endorsed by him. Wesley wrote another copy to Dr. John Burton, one of the Trustees for the Colony of Georgia."
Penciled note: "Forgery. FB."
Original handwritten transcription, presumably contemporary, was made by Thomas Richards, who then appended a note of his own. This pair of letters in their entirety was then transcribed by R. O. Jones, circa 1860s. Richards was one of Wesley's earliest itinerant preachers; for more information, see entry on Richards in the
[Original missing.]
[See use copy for provenance.]
[See use copy for provenance.]
[Original missing. Copy available.]
Facsimile "engraved by W. Collard from a series of autograph letters from the Rev'd J. Wesley to Mr. Matthew Lowes, now in the Possession of Mr. T. Sopwith, Newcastle on Tyne," undated.
Also includes transcription of a letter from Adam Clarke, City Road, to John Cayley, 1808 Feb. 25; transcription by W.H. Allmutt, Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1871 Dec. 8. Transferred from the
Original missing. Copy available in folder.
Photocopy accompanied by researcher note: Single sheet (two page) document in Wesley's hand, numbered p.3 and p.4, recording Wesley's comments on a long document of at least 38 pages written by either John Fletcher or Joseph Benson, which is not known to survive.
Handwritten transcription by Charles A. Federer, 1903 June 4. A penciled note, undated, points out that JW's closing phrase, "Ivy Leaves grow on Walls," does not appear in the printed version of this letter.
[Original missing. Copy available.]
Handwritten transcription by Wm. Lindley, Swansea, 1861 May 10, who describes Barry as "an early Methodist Preacher."
Provenance: housed with the use copy in Box WF 4 is a photocopied invoice from Charles Hamilton to FB regarding the letter, undated.
[Original missing. Copy available.]
Manuscript fragment containing will, one page, signed as by John Wesley. A penciled note on verso, probably in FB's hand, dates item to circa 1776.
Signed fragment containing part of final sentence, closing, and JW's signature. Mounted in two page scrapbook labeled "John Wesley 1703-1791," which also includes an engraving of JW, a piece of ivy from his grave, and a silhouette of "Mrs. Vizelle. Wesley's Wife."
Provenance: discovered loose in FB's papers, apparently having come to him from F. F. Bretherton. A penciled note signed by FFB states: "not in Standard. Do not think this is Wesley's h/w."
[Housed with the
Unsigned original receipt, transferred from the
Framed; a typewritten transcription appears on the backing paper, followed by unsigned handwritten notes in red ink. Includes photocopy.
Above the letter on this page is also the autograph of Sarah (Sally) Wesley
[Original is laid into the Ann Eliza Fourness autograph book, housed in Box WF 3. A use copy is provided in Box WF 4..
Envelope only, with line of text; original letter is held by Wesley College, Bristol.
[Original missing. Copy available.]
[Original missing. Copy available.]
Handwritten transcription, 1889 by Rev. T. Withington in a letter to George Stampe, subsequently passed to John Telford, to F. F. Bretherton, to FB.
FB's note: "This is a membership list in John Wesley's handwriting. There are several hundred John Wesley letters but only five of these membership lists are still extant."
Includes the following: Fragment from the old Dublin Society Book, listing names of members, undated; "Certainly the 15, 2 is to be paid," undated; "To Mr. Mason of the Preaching house," undated; "To Mrs. Woudhouse at Mr. Hutton's" ["Woodhouse"??], circa 1770; Scrapbook page (miscellany related to JW), undated
Provenance: Bretherton. Labeled as "Rev. John Wesley's Last Shorthand Journal, 1790." Photographed pages of original at Wesley College, Headingley; photographed in 1907.
Autograph and letter book of Ann Eliza Fourness, Halifax, as inscribed by her inside front cover, 1826. In addition to the JW letter described in chronological sequence above (1788 June 17), it contains inscribed and signed passages and letters from a number of 19th century Methodist preachers. Letters laid in include one from Adam Clarke, 1830 June 22, and two from Jabez Bunting, 1813 Oct. 12 and 1840 Mar. 23. A folder in the box contains photocopies of these and the Wesley letter. Inscriptions and laid-in items appear intermittently throughout the volume.
Provenance: There are two information folders about the autograph book, one of which contains correspondence between FB and Hilda Harrison, the descendent of Fourness who sold the book to him in 1975. Harrison also prepared a full list of the contents in her letter of Sept. 21, 1975.
Whitefield ALS, endorsed by Wesley, "G. Wh. Jul. 11 1735."
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Two facsimile pages plus FB's notes. FB notes that neither document is in Wesley's hands, only the signature. The body of the letter for Thomas Owens is in the hand of Thomas Coke, with Wesley's signature.
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Autograph document signed, on architectural linen[?].
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Patron use copies of most but not all of the JW holograph documents housed in Box WF 1. Please consult with a reference archivist if there is a use copy does not exist.
Photograph of manuscript document including Wesley in the "new lists of pensioners and scholars" to be admitted to the Charterhouse (JW appears as "John Westly" in the Scholars column). Also, one b/w engraving of the Charterhouse, circa 1816, and a newspaper clipping containing a series of sketched scenes at the Charterhouse. Transferred from the
Letters written by Charles Wesley to friends, family members, other preachers and members of his congregation. The majority of the letters concern details of Wesley's everyday affairs, including travel arrangements, financial transactions, and assessments of the moral values of various parishioners. Some letters discuss his and others' plans and dealings in America (see letters dated 1754; Feb. 18, 1764; and Jan. 19, 1773). In the letter dated 1773 Jan. 19, Wesley discusses his vision for Methodism in response to a suggestion for less preaching.
Some twenty letters are addressed to his very close friend Samuel Lloyd, a London lawyer who also handled CW's financial affairs. Prominent within this correspondence is Wesley's growing concern with his own mortality, as well as his thoughts on death in general (see letters to Lloyd spanning the years 1760-1769). Writing through his struggle with gout, the partial paralysis of one of his arms, and his wife's bout with a near-fatal illness, Wesley continuously insists on Lloyd's central importance in his heart and mind, and frequently expresses his longing, alternately, to see Lloyd once more in life and to spend eternity with Lloyd in the hereafter. Two letters upon this subject repeat the exclamation "O vain, vain, vain all else!" (Feb. 18, 1764, and Mar. 20, 1769). Arranged in chronological order.
[NOTE: originals housed in Box WF 2 available by prior request only. Use copies are in Box WF 4.
Endorsed in pencil, 'Thurs. Oct. 20, 1748'; headed 'Blwch, half hour past Eleven.' Charles Wesley Sr., outlining his activities on Thurs. and Fri., Oct. 20-21, 1748 (handwriting authenticated by Richard Heitzenrater, 2005 Aug. 29).
Handwritten transcription by R. [?] Smith, 1903, that appears to match holograph now at Emory University.
Entitled "Composed by Charles Wesley on the road to Norwich, 1754," as transcribed by Gertrude Champness and collected by Marmaduke Riggall, 1911.
Endorsed by Adam Clarke, "copied for the Mag. Apr. 10, 1826."
[Original missing. Copy available.]
[Original missing. Copy available.]
[Original missing. Copy available.]
Reply by Charles Wesley, in shorthand, is written on same sheet as Fletcher's original letter 1771 May 26.
Autograph copy in the hand of his daughter, Sarah Wesley.
Noted as "For Mrs. Wesley" and endorsed "[?] [?] Mary."
Provenance: discovered loose in the
Provenance: discovered loose in the
Patron use copies of the Charles Wesley holograph documents housed in Box WF 2.
Personal letters between Sarah Gwynne Wesley, wife of Charles Wesley (1707-1788), and her friends and family, as well as a Gwynne family tree and other genealogical materials. Two letters see Wesley borrowing money: she asks Mr. Tooth (probably Samuel Tooth, fl.1770-1820) for 10 pounds on March 11, 1799, and on Feb. 18, 1811 Robert Thornton writes that he has sent her the same sum per her request. Also included is a 2-sided fragment: the first side is written in Wesley's hand announcing her marriage to Charles Wesley, while the reverse side, written by her son Charles Wesley, Jr., features fragments of scriptural verse, apparently in remembrance of her.
RELATED MATERIAL: several letters to Sarah Wesley appear in both the Gwynne Family Subseries, below, and in the William Wilberforce letters, which are arranged in the Correspondence Series. The Wilberforce letters repeatedly address the matter of financial subsistence implied in the letters here--a concern that would last through most of the thirty-eight years Sarah Wesley lived after the death of Charles.
Recto: "Sarah Gwynne Wesley Feb. 4th, 1748, was married 4.5th of April 17[?] to the Rev'd Mr. Charles Wesley." Verso: "My late dearest Mother writing Charles Wesley 'Glory be to God' 'in the highest / may we follow them who by Faith / and patience inherit the Promisses [sic].'
Letters, legal documents, and notes of Rebecca Gwynne (d. 1798?) and Elizabeth (Gwynne) Waller, the sisters of Sarah Wesley (1726-1822), and of Thynne H. Gwynne, her cousin. All of the letters here are either to Sarah or between two other members of the Gwynne family rather than to the Wesleys. Rebecca Gwynne's letters mostly provide updates on various people's lives, although her 1770 letter to Sarah Wesley gives an eye-witness account of the scene at one of JW's sermons. Miss Waller in the letter of 1770 Nov. 6 is the sister of Rebecca Gwynne and Sarah Wesley. The two letters to Sarah Wesley from her cousin Thynne H. Gwynne concern family deaths. Arranged in chronological order.
With typewritten transcription and notes by FB, undated.
Personal letters and other documents of the oldest son of Charles Wesley (1707-1788). Letters are to and from family and friends, and discuss daily affairs, travel plans, legal dealings, and family life. The 1820 letter to Dr. Kitchiner discusses the ownership of one of his musical pieces. The 1825 letter from C.L. Wesley is highly critical of Charles Wesley's lax views on corporal punishment, arguing that by censuring those people who would carry out the punishment he becomes an "upholder of crime" himself. Other documents include a Proposal for a Subscription Concert by Messrs Wesley, along with a printed "Scheme of the Performance" attached.
[Penciled on top: "Paper watermarked 1817"; addressed as "My Dear harmonic friend."
On same page: fragment of undated letter from Sarah Wesley to her mother.
Undated 19th century copy; on the same sheet is a copy of a letter from Sarah Wesley to Miss Cristan, undated.
Letters and writings of Sarah (Sally) Wesley, daughter of Charles Wesley (1707-1788) and Sarah Gwynne Wesley. Letters are written by and to her family and friends. Letters from M. Doddridge and John Clowes betray great admiration for Sarah Wesley's intellect and wit. Letters from Clowes frequently refer to her apparent rejection of a marriage proposal, while letters from Wesley to Clowes reiterate her desire for independence; many of these letters contain her thoughts on independence and solitude with regard to religious community and piety.
The letter dated [1784] April 4, previously attributed to her Sarah Gwynne Wesley, discusses the family's estrangement from her brother Samuel after he joined the Roman Catholic Church. Wesley's 1815 Oct. 12 letter to an unidentified recipient indicates her views on virtue, compassion, and the shortcomings of the female sex. An undated letter to an unnamed recipient in Folder 2 offers her thoughts on proper ways to bury and honor the dead, paying attention to the particulars of scripture on the subject; engages disparagingly "the malevolent Rouchefoucault"; and offers her opinions on the relationship between private property and morality.
In several letters Wesley states her opinions about other Christian denominations, including Evangelicals (1819 Aug. 10), as well as Quakers and the Church of England (both in an undated, torn letter in Folder 2); the latter fragment also gives an account of Charles Wesley, Jun.'s meeting with the King and Queen of England. The letter dated [1822] Dec. 29 gives her account of her mother's dying moments. Her undated letter to Mr. Quincy presents her home and family life as unsupportive and unwelcoming, painting the founding family of Methodism as cruel and unsupportive of other religious sects.
Wesley's poems, contained in Folder 4, are mostly loose, with two sets hand-sewn and one long poem continuing over ten loose pages. Many poems employ classical forms and themes; other topics include education, women's rights, religion, slavery, and occasional poems commemorating holidays and private events. Most of the poems are signed but not dated; where given, dates range from 1774 to 1782. The subseries also includes a printed copy of the only poem Wesley published during her lifetime,
Letters and notes are arranged chronologically in three folders: dated letters; undated letters; and undated notes and fragments. Manuscript poems are arranged in four groups in Folder 4: loose manuscripts; Poems, Binder I; Poems, Binder II; and the long poem, "The Elopement," on ten unbound pages. The pamphlet of Wesley's published poem appears in Folder 5. A printed copy of a full title list of the short poems appears in Folder 4.
RELATED MATERIAL: The Rubenstein Library also holds a microfilm of Sarah Wesley's letters and poems (film 301) from the Lamplough Collection, made while the collection was on loan at Duke in 1961. This film contains twenty-nine letters from Sarah Wesley, some one hundred to her, and some of her manuscript poems from 1775-1776, including another version of "The Elopement," a long manuscript in the Baker collection. Most if not all of this collection is now at the John Rylands University Library, Manchester, described more fully here:
Copy, from the valuable collection of Mrs. Richard Smith, 1852 Nov. 25; accompanying this letter, and also pertaining to the one dated 1797 April 13 is a letter to F. F. Bretherton inquiring about the identities of the people involved in the correspondence and its replication.
Copy, from the valuable collection of Mrs. Richard Smith, 1852 Nov. 25.
[includes fragment of a letter and part of a verse with heavy edits, above which is penciled in by FB, "Charles Wesley"]
Approximately 40 poems. A printed copy of a full list of titles is also housed in this folder.
Text differs significantly from 1826 version published in
Letters of the youngest son of Charles Wesley (1707-1788). One letter in 1813 refers to his child's death after a small pox vaccination. There are two undated letters written by Wesley during a period of failing health. The letter addressed to Mrs. W. divulges details on what he intends to leave his family in his as-yet unwritten will, and comments on what he perceives as the societal corruption brought about by the French Revolution. There is also a manuscript poem to the Earl of Oxford.
Accompanied by a Waller family tree, and several typewritten sheets of other letters by the Waller family to Sarah Gwynne, who married Charles Wesley Sr. in 1749 (her sister Elizabeth Gwynne married James Waller in 1750 and had three children by him)
Gives his regrets for not joining him at Mr. Savage's due to the death of his child after a smallpox innoculation and the illness of his wife Sarah. Says he would have preferred the cow pox inoculation but his wife overrode him. Transferred from Frank Baker Papers Subject Files.
[Penciled note: "in hand of Samuel Wesley (1766-1837)"]
Accompanied by Frank Baker subject card, dealer description for poetry volume, and 20th c. facsimile of poem manuscript to Earl of Oxford. Transferred from Frank Baker Papers Subject Files?
Handwritten score, 7 pp., of a piece from Handel's
Letters written by John W. Wesley, son of Samuel Wesley (1766-1837). Both letters to his aunt, Miss Sarah Wesley, concern his growing business and indicate that she offered him assistance in the way of referrals. The letter to Rev. Newton expresses reverence toward his ancestors and a strong belief in the principles of Methodism. There is a fourth item, probably from an original collector, with John Wesley's name and his ancestry, that accompanied two of the letters.
Writing from school, Charles Wesley, III, informs his uncle that he has visited with his aunt (presumably Miss Sarah Wesley), has seen the dead body of his master, Mr. Cooper, and has lost three pairs of shoes. On the same page is also a letter by Samuel Wesley to his mother, in which he explains the death of Mr. Cooper, who fell off a horse in an apoplectic fit as he was headed to a friend's funeral. He also indicates that Mr. Cooper had been trying to resolve the shoe theft mentioned by Charles, intending to buy a pair for every boy who had lost shoes out of his own pocket. Wesley observes Charles' low spirits in light of his master's death, and looks forward to taking him away from the school during the next holiday.
Item count of 1000 includes the engravings in the Wesleyan scrapbook and in the disbound scrapbook, "Roots of Methodism," some of which are not of the Wesley family.
Contains several hundred images, many of them engraved variants of portraits painted during Wesley's life time. The subseries is arranged to begin with FB's subject files JW portraits, followed by prints themselves, generally in chronological order for named portraits. Many of the images appear in several sizes in different boxes, especially engravings based on the 18th century portraits.
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Arranged alphabetically by topic; includes additional images in several categories.
Contains three copies each of engravings of JW and his grandfather (also called John Wesley), plus notes and correspondence.
List of portraits and notes, probably FB's partial description of his own collection, sometimes listing painter and engraver.
Correspondence and notes of FB, 18th and 19th century engraved portraits of JW, manuscript item circa 1776, photocopies of printed materials contemporaneous to JW's death, and other printed materials.
Pamphlet separated for monographic cataloging:
Folder group contains: FB's correspondence and notes; correspondence of earlier scholars, including a letter to John Telford; engravings; photographs; and printed materials. Approximately eighty historic and modern images of Wesley; many correspondents attach photographs of items they own or ask FB to identify. Includes a JW stamp and 19th century engravings including "Wesley in Extreme Age." Also includes FB's notes on "Reputed Wesley Portrait in Possession of Frank Baker" (now at Duke) and the somewhat related topic of the "lost" portrait painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Includes 3 original letters dated 1850 and 1876 from Foster regarding attribution of the Horsley portrait in addition to later copies of the letters.
Correspondence of FB and F. F. Bretherton with various writers on possible existence or whereabouts of a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds; and printed material (folder 2) on this topic including
Physically arranged by size but listed below with named portraits in chronological order, with date of original painting appearing in parentheses. Later images that are either unnamed or do not fit into this scheme are arranged in categories at the end of the group. There are other images of JW in the Visual Materials Series.
The appearance of two box numbers for a folder title indicates the presence of multiple sizes of prints for that image. The general dimensions of the prints in inches can be inferred from the box numbers, as follows: WF 6-8: upright boxes, images smaller than 8x10; WF 9-11 and 13-14, smaller than 14x18; WF 12, smaller than 20x24; WF 16, smaller than 24x30; WF 15, 17, and 18, unique items with dimensions as noted.
Includes two copies of 1745 G. Vertue print, one copy of another similar version from 1745, and one copy of a different 1742 Vertue engraving.
Large engravings by Bland (folder 2) and Greenwood (folder 3). One Bland print, fragile, has been inscibed by hand with Bible verses that surround JW on front and entirely cover verso. Greenwood engraving, 1770, is reverse issue, with JW looking left instead of right, and raising left hand; there are two prints, in good and poor condition.
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Includes photograph prints and original Bland engraving, 1773 July 10.
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Caricature by Matthew Darly of preacher often assumed to be Wesley. Reproduction of engraving in the Rubenstein Library's Picture Files Collection.
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Engraving by James Fittler, 1788 Nov. 1; and engraving published by William Darton, 1825 (no engraver or painter named).
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Folder 1 (upright) includes black-and-white engravings and five of George Baxter's color reproduction made in 1840s. Folder 2 (flat) contains three copies of Ward mezzotint engraving, [1791?] in varying condition. Folder 3 (flat) contains Spilsbury engraving, 1789 June 1, and Fincken centenary engraving, 1891 Mar. 2.
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Includes an engraving of Edinburgh Portrait affixed to paper with a small twig and wax seal.
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Includes other engravings based on Edridge portrait, some with a reproduction of JW's signature: "Yours most affectionately, John Wesley."
Includes photographic reproductions of portrait on pendants and in several other formats.
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Folder 2 contains B/W print, 21 x 16, engraved by J. Jones, Published June 20, 1791 by Campbell & Gainsborough Publick Library, Bath.
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Folder 2 contains proof of Thomson engraving and T. A. Dean engraving.
Includes engravings after Tomkinson, Zobel, Thursfield, Taylor, Johnson, and other portraits.
Includes brochures for mezzotint engraving by H. Muchbeth-Raeburn; color poster; and lithograph signed on print and mat.
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B/W photographs of various sculptural reliefs and portrait busts depicting JW, including photograph of death mask and engraving of Wesley Monument at Westminster Abbey.
Photographs of statue in the forecourt of Wesley's Chapel in Broadmead, Bristol on Feb. 16th, 1933. Includes commemorative cards
Late 19th and early 20th century newspaper images and articles, including "General Oglethorpe and His Servant," and "Teapot Presented to the Rev. John Wesley" among others.
Varied items with JW's likeness including bookmarks, a Centenary Celebration card, 20th century postcards, and cover of Feb. 1948
Subject: JW standing alone regards Susannah Wesley's tombstone, engraved with her dates, parentage, and a poem.
RELATED MATERIAL: This subject also appears in two photographs--see Correspondence Series, Robert Hutchinson; and Visual Materials Series, Photographs Subseries.
Includes: Ridley engravings; depictions of JW's funeral, tomb, and JW lying in state.
Correspondence between FB and Cyril J. Squire concerning his lithographs of JW in profile. Includes two copies of lithograph plus a hand-drawn original signed by Squire.
Color picture book of cut-outs of Wesleyan figures and places, with short background information.
Small round frontispiece print attached to larger paper backing.
Portrait of Wesley mounted on heavy backing. Some resemblance to a color version of the Romney portrait.
Subject: engraving of bas-relief or cameo of a JW bust? Holy Bible above him is opened to Mark 16:15; women to left and right hold Wesley's birth and death dates, respectively.
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Undated print of Wesley preaching outdoors in front of a large assembly of people.
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One item boxed alone, with one page of FB's notes outlining arguments for and against (FB's stance) this being Wesley. Face, possibly painted mid-19th century, has different texture from surrounding background and likely covers an older painting. Correspondence and printed material about the history and provenance of this painting and also the related subject of the "lost" portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, can be found in Boxes WF 7 and WF 9.
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Subject: Portrait by Claxton of JW on his deathbed surrounded by about 20 people, including three women and one boy. Undated manuscript of donations collected, with individual names and payment notations, for the purchase of a copy of the Claxton print to be deposited in the Wesleyan Mission House.
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Large color print and detached title with explanation of scene and information on publication.
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Subject: scene of the child JW being rescued from the fire by a large group of people; several of the men are likely to be based on figures in 19th century Methodism. Title introductory and dedicatory phrase begins: "To the Minister and Members of the Wesleyan Methodist Societies throughout the World, together with the Christian Public generally, this Print representing the Providential..."
Full attribution: "Taken from the original Picture painted & presented by the Artist to the Conference, to be placed in the Centenary Hall, London, as Commemorative of the Centenary of Methodism, celebrated October 1839, Is most respectfully Dedicated, by their very obedient Servant, Henry Perlee Parker" Painted by H. P. Parker; engraved by S. W. Reynolds. London: A. J. Isaacs, 1863
RELATED MATERIAL: a full color version of this scene, "Escape of John Wesley from the Fire" is housed in Box WF 16.
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Prints of various engraved portraits of Charles Wesley, together with a smaller number of illustrated scenes.
FB correspondence about various Charles Wesley portraits, some of it in preparation for
Subject: Charles Wesley standing at center of outdoor scene preaches to some two dozen Native Americans, who listen or engage in various activities, including one woman plucking a turkey.
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Portraits of other Wesley family members, and also broader categories such as "Group settings and scenes" and "Wesleyan sites" (meaning places associated with Wesley, but in which no dramatic scene is depicted). The Wesleyan Portraits scrapbook and the disbound scrapbook, "Roots of Methodism," also contain images of other people and sites important to the early history of Methodism, including Joseph Benson, Thomas Coke, Adam Clarke, John and Mary Fletcher, George Whitefield, the Countess of Huntingdon, and Francis Asbury.
Printed material and notes about Samuel Wesley, Jr., and his contemporaries, including approximately twenty plates and engravings of Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, and others; and title page from
Subject: JW addressing a throng of busts (mainly) of preachers from pulpit in left third of picture; in a lower pulpit or seat below him is Charles Wesley. Date is obscured by dirt and folds; newsprint was pasted to back at some point. Includes pictorial key of all 447 portraits.
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Includes engravings of The First Wesleyan Conference and The Birthplace of the Rev. John Wesley, Epworth, among others.
Includes photograph of portrait of a Wesley family at Dangan Castle, attributed to William Hogarth, 1731.
20th Century B/W book illustration plates depicting scenes from John Wesley's life. Including "Beau Nash Interrupts John Wesley's Meeting," and "Wesley Preaching in Ireland" among others.
Includes portraits of Wesley alongside other prominent Methodist men, "Presidents of the Wesleyan Conference," and "Eminent Clergy of the 18th Century," among others.
One large engraving of the North-West view of Kingswood School, dedicated to John Wesley, engraved by Thomas McGeary. Also includes small, coloured engraving taken from McGeary's image and two other engravings depicting a different view of the school by J. McGahey as well as a letter to FB concerning the images.
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Subject: series of eighteen Wesleyan places on one sheet, including: font at which JW was christened; cross and church from Queen Street; Old Rectory from which Wesley was rescued from fire at age six; Wesley Memorial Chapel spire from Burnham Road. B/W print with backgrounds tinted yellow.
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Collection of approximately 140 portrait and landscape engravings, clippings, photographs, and other materials relating to Wesley family and early background of Methodism. The original portfolio, received disbound, was compiled by Miss A.E.F. Barlow of Bolton, England, and given to FB in 1948. It appears that other materials were mixed in at some point; these have the same general subject matter, though with a separate numbering scheme not reflected in the original index, which is housed in the first box. The second box predominantly consists of these additional materials. Portraits of the Wesleys appear in both groups of material.
Scrapbook of engravings, printed materials, and short autograph documents featuring people, scenes, and sites of the early history of Methodism. JW (81 portraits and events) and other members of the Wesley family (Samuel, Susannah and Charles) are featured in first half of album, followed by other prominent 18th-19th century preachers and followers of Methodism. Clippings, programs, book covers and frontispieces, facsimiles, autographs, and a map. Also includes: two sets of autograph sermon notes in hand of John Fletcher (undated and unsigned); engraved facsimile of letter from JW, London, to Rev. Mr. Walker, Truro, 1755 Nov. 20 (penciled note corrects date to 1758); and other handwriting facsimiles from JW's inner circle. Other portraits include Joseph Benson, Thomas Coke, Adam Clarke, Alexander Mather, John Fletcher, George Whitefield, James Oglethorpe, the Countess of Huntingdon, and Francis Asbury. Asbury pages include early material on introduction of Methodism to United States. Title assigned by processor.
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Series is divided into thirty-six subseries for individuals and four subseries classified by groups. Primarily contains loose letters, letterbooks, broadsides, and other materials sent by and to Methodist ministers and laity from the time of the Wesleys through the 19th century. A significant portion of the material was created by people contemporary to the Wesleys. Some items are in short-hand - a sample of Wesley's own shorthand (without a key, however) is included in an information folder in box WF1.
The series includes official and personal correspondence, theological discourse, poems, journals, biographies, and notes that reveal daily life among the early British Methodists, the external growth and internal establishment of Wesleyan Methodism, and important controversies in the church at the time, especially the Calvinist-Arminian controversy and arguments over the sacraments and the relationship of Methodism to the Anglican Church. There are also materials referring to ecclesiastical controversies after the death of the Wesleys.
Other important topics include early Methodist missions; early training institutions; Methodism’s relation to church and state; the split with the Church of England; and important debate over women preachers and the role overall of women in the church.
Letters and miscellaneous writings of William Arthur (1819-1901), Wesleyan Methodist minister, missionary to India (1839-1841), President of the Conference (1866), and prolific author. Among many other interests, Arthur vigorously supported the temperance movement and opposed slavery and Roman Catholicism. Correspondents include Jabez Bunting, George Osborn, and Morley Punshon.
RELATED MATERIAL: Letters by and to Arthur also appear in the following series and subseries: Correspondence Series (Jabez Bunting and George Osborn); and Volumes Series, Letter Books Subseries: Simpson A, Simpson D, WP I, and WP II.
Letters and miscellaneous papers of John Barnard (fl. 1630s). Little is known about Barnard other than the brief information in the dealer's description, in Folder 1. He appears to have been a merchant in Hull; he also traveled to York and London, from where some of his letters to his wife are written. Due to difficulty of the handwriting, these letters are minimally processed; arranged in two folders of letters to his wife and a third folder of other documents.
Letters and writings of Joseph Benson (1749-1821), Wesleyan Methodist itinerant minister who was twice President of the Conference (1798 and 1810) and editor of the
Arranged in five folders: Folders 1-3, correspondence in chronological order; Folder 4, other documents; and Folder 5, oversize correspondence in a separate chronological sequence.
RELATED MATERIAL: over eighty letters and printed items by, to, and about Joseph Benson appear at other points in this and other Frank Baker collections:
Transcription, six pages, as by C. Wesley; penciled note "This is Mr. Benson's writing."
Letters, printed items, and other documents of Samuel Bradburn (1751-1816), Wesleyan Methodist minister and President of the Conference (1799). Printed letter from Bradburn in response to the
RELATED MATERIAL: other printed letters about Bradburn's involvement in the controversies of the 1790s appear in the Printed Materials Series, Committee of Privileges Subseries; John Wesley's letters to Bradburn are in the John Steele volume in the Volumes Series, Letter Books Subseries.
Letters, notes, printed materials, and other documents by or about Jabez Bunting (1779-1858), four-time President of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference (1820, 1828, 1836 and 1844). Bunting also served terms as either Secretary or Connexional Editor for most of the years from 1814-1827. A strong proponent of centralizing power in the Church, he also provoked much controversy and resistance, particularly the Wesleyan Reform movement and the anonymous "Fly Sheets" of the 1840s, which led to the expulsion of James Everett and two other ministers from the Conference. Arranged in three folders: (1) letters; (2) other documents; and (3) oversize materials.
RELATED MATERIAL: Bunting appears at many other places in the collection as writer, recipient, or subject of letters and printed items. See especially the following series, subseries, and related collections:
Various manuscript fragments and printed items, including: a letter of thanks to Bunting from the preachers admitted at Leeds, 1812; a poem about Bunting's preaching and asking for money, 1814; an anecdote in Bunting's hand, 1824, about JW's mission to Georgia; an obituary for Bunting and an order of service for his funeral at City Road Chapel, 1858 June 22.
RELATED MATERIAL: See also Bunting's handwritten Manchester plan for 1805-1806 in the Frank Baker Collection of Methodist Circuit Plans.
Letters and documents of Joseph Butterworth (1770-1826), publisher, politician, and the second Methodist Member of Parliament (for Coventry, 1812-1818, and Dover, 1820-1826). Butterworth was one of the founding members of the Committee of Privileges, and oversize documents below may pertain to that.
RELATED MATERIAL: Many documents in the Printed Materials Series, Committee of Privileges Subseries are authored or co-authored by Butterworth.
Together on same sheet w/letter signed William Myles, Chairman, Wednesday Morning 20th July 1803, New Chapel City Road. This and following item may be contemporary copies of original documents related to the Committee of Privileges--see Printed Materials Series, Committee of Privileges Subseries.
Copy of pages 1-5 of letter; then note "6 7 8 have not time to copy--see page 9 to follow here". P. 9 then follows, in the same new hand that picked up in middle of p. 5; then a 10th unnumbered page and Butterworth's signature (the 2nd hand that began on p.5 appears to be his);
Letters, manuscripts, and other documents of Adam Clarke (1762-1832), Wesleyan Methodist minister and three-time President of the Conference (1806, 1814, 1822), and of his immediate family. Clarke was a central figure in early Methodism and no stranger to controversy, combating poverty and slavery, supporting more lay involvement (even of women), and holding an adoptionist view of Jesus' sonship. A respected scholar and linguist, Clarke supported foreign missions and the Bible Society.
Arranged in seven folders: (1-3) letters of Adam Clarke, chronological; (4) letters of Clarke family, chronological; (5-6) miscellaneous writing and family documents; (7) oversize materials.
RELATED MATERIAL:
Baptism certificates for Clarke's grandson and four granddaughters. In each case Clarke performed the ceremony and signed the certificate.
Letters, writings, and minor legal and financial documents of Thomas Coke (1747-1814), the minister JW named as the first "Superintendent" of the Methodist Church in America (1784). In time the much-traveled Coke became known as "Father of the Methodist Missions" and was later twice President of the Conference (1797 and 1805). Materials consist of autograph manuscripts, transcriptions, and printed materials, and are evenly spread across some thirty-five years of Coke's life, from a couple of years after he joined Methodism to a few months prior to his death. Although most of the documents originate from Coke's time in England, there are frequent allusions to his interest in and travels to such countries as Africa, Ceylon, Germany, India, Nova Scotia, and the United States.
Individual documents are arranged in chronological order; following that list, items in volumes are cited by container number and volume name.
Transcribed by R. Green, a correspondent of F.F. Bretherton, circa 1890-1910.
Copy of unsigned autograph document sent to Mr. King at the Methodist Chapel, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, with ALS to him from Coke appended at the end, dated from Dublin, 1795 Apr. 17. The tract discusses three proposals at length, most of them concerning the relationship of the Conference to local Societies and Preaching-houses. In the personal note to Mr. King, Coke identifies the three authors of the proposals and begs to hear King's thoughts on them.
Discusses his recent marriage and his reasons for not coming back to America; he wouldcome only if needed or if something dire happened to Bishop Asbury.
Acknowledges Lettsom's letter and promises to send the requested portrait of himself. Closes with comment that he is "a very great Friend of the Vaccine Inoculation" and that he will "send you a silhouette of myself if you desire it."
Attached by thread to a second page, on which is mounted a small obituary of Coke, 1814.
Entry no. 27, apparently transcribed from Easton's copy by James Rogers into his commonplace book on 1780 Feb. 7. Coke's letter cites and then gives a long extract from a letter to him from Samuel Bradburn, 1779 Oct. 17, in which Bradburn refutes charges of Arianism made against him. Coke then cites shorter passages from Joseph Benson before closing.
Entry no. 31, transcribed by or for Rogers from "the Pennsylvania Packet of Friday June 5th."
Undated, though apparently a continuation of entry no. 31 above.
Transcribed by Baker; holograph missing from volume.
Transcribed by Baker; holograph missing from volume.
Letter to, circuit plans for, and copied memoir of Robert Costerdine (1726-1812), Methodist local preacher, entered itinerancy 1764. The three circuit plans are schedules of preaching appointments for Costerdine, a few years after he retired from active ministry. The copy of the memoir is written in a bound school exercise book, apparently by "Master Robert Harrison, Davyhulme Wesleyan School;" the memoir was composed ca. 1810 and includes an addition by Costerdine's son-in-law, Mr. William Crompton, 1812 May 12, which recounts Costerdine's last days and death. The two oversize items, Edward Slater's 1775 map of the Derby Circuit and the Flixton broadsheet, 1802, may have belonged to Costerdine at one time according the provenance information provided.
Included is a photocopy of a letter to Baker from Alfred Hopwood, ca. 1944, explaining provenance for Costerdine items.
Also included is an 1827 letter with a "Wesley Seal," multiple letters from the beginning of the 20th century discussing early Methodist items (Stampe letter includes short bio of Kershaw), and a copy of the Methodist publication
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Letters, addresses, and writings of Joseph Entwisle (1767-1841), who was twice elected President of the Conference (1812, 1825) and later appointed first house governor of the Hoxton Theological Institution. This latter appointment, to govern the first organization for formal training of Wesleyan Methodist ministers, is the source of two of the longest manuscripts here,
RELATED MATERIAL: materials by and about Joseph Entwisle appear in several other series in the collection. See especially the following: Printed Materials Series; Volumes Series, Letter Books Subseries and Writings Subseries; and the separately cataloged small collection, Perronet Family Papers. For a long letter to Entwisle from the missionary John Felvus, about 1820s conflict in Barbados, see the Subjects Series, Caribbean and Latin America.
Two memoirs by Entwisle about his wife Mary and son Samuel published in the
Letters, writings, catalogues, and other documents of James Everett (1784-1872), who had a varied career as a Wesleyan Methodist minister, bookseller, historian, before being expelled from the Wesleyan conference in 1849 and going on to become the first president of the newly formed United Methodist Free Churches in 1857. The documents gathered here cover more than a half-century of Everett's life and address all aspects of his career.
RELATED MATERIAL: materials by, to, and about Everett appear at many other places in the collection. See especially: Correspondence Series, Thomas Wride; and Volumes Series, Writings and Addresses Subseries, Everett, "Original Poems Written on Various Occasions." Additionally, the Rubenstein Library holds some 70 editions of monographs by or about James Everett or about the Fly Sheets" controversy.
Nine letters from Bromley to Everett on a wide variety of topics, including: Adam Clarke (1832); preaching opportunities and appointments, especially in York, and the spread of Methodism (1833); the "college affair" or "college question" (1834); a book on David Isaac (1834); an attack on the Conference by a Jamaican minister and the expulsion of other ministers (1851); and teetotalism (1860s). Some of FB's notes are included with these letters.
Third item published 1825? on verso, verses by Adam Clarke hand copied by Everett, and Everett signature.
Form letter inviting recipient to the "case of Rev'd James Everett".
Letters, will, notebooks, and notes of John William Fletcher (1729-1785), a Church of England clergyman and Methodist writer. He resisted Wesley's attempts to persuade him to itinerate, and he worked hard (with Joseph Benson) to keep the Methodist movement within the Church of England. He wrote extensively and was the main exponent of Arminian theology. Relatively late in life, he married Mary Bosanquet, who served as his partner in ministry until his death.
Arranged in three folders: (1) series of letters to Joseph Benson regarding Calvinist controversy surrounding Lady Huntingdon's school at Trevecca; (2) individual letters in chronological order; (3) other documents.
RELATED MATERIAL: Letters from or to John Fletcher also appear in the Wesley Family Series, Charles Wesley Subseries; in the Correspondence Series, Mrs. Leighton Letter Book; and in the Perronet Family Papers. FB's research on the letters and portraits of Fletcher appear in the Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files, Alphabetical Subseries I. Additionally, the Rubenstein Library holds some 140 editions of monographs by or about Fletcher.
Series of lengthy letters in which Fletcher, always in Madeley, writes to Benson at a variety of his stations and positions over the years, including London, Bristol, Leeds, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and, in the earliest letters, Brecknockshire, South Wales. This was near the site of Lady Huntingdon's college, where Fletcher served as the first President and Benson as the second headmaster, until both split with Huntingdon over the Calvinist controversy in the Methodist Connexion.
Letters and other papers of Mary (Bosanquet) Fletcher (1739-1815), Methodist preacher and wife of John Fletcher. In 1762 she went to live in her own house in Leytonstone where, with Sarah Crosby and Sarah Ryan, she established a Christian community caring for needy children and began 'to exhort, and to read and expound the scriptures.' Wesley did not agree to let her itinerate, but he did acknowledge that she had an 'extra-ordinary call.' She married John Fletcher in 1781 and joined in his ministry, which she effectively continued after his death.
Typed transcription of Richard Hill letter to John Fletcher, endorsed by Charles Wesley(1773), discussing controversy between them. Two letters from and portrait of Rowland Hill. Also, collection of 9 or 10 sermons and sermon notes on 32 duodecimo pages in minute handwriting, labeled "Rowland Hill". Two letters from David Hill, missionary in China, to Miss Middleton (a patron of the Missionary effort), describing work in Hankow on Yangtze River, riots in Teh Ngan, and the Sino-French War (1884-1885). Refers to many women involved with the missionary society. Baker correspondence, 1962, in which he describes Rowland Hill letters and sermons, and Richard Hill transcription.
Letters of Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (1707-1791). Lady Huntingdon was linked to the Wesleys and the Methodist movement for most of the first half-century of its existence. She lived a life of great contradictions and changes of heart: an ardent early supporter of JW, she finally broke with him and established her own Connexion, which still exists today in England and Sierra Leone; she sent great amounts of money to fund the purchase of slaves for a project in Georgia, but only three years later became the patroness of Phillis Wheatley, arranging the publication of her first book of poetry, which Wheatley dedicated to Huntingdon.
Letters, photographs, and other items to, by, or about Robert Hutchison. Collection includes an invitation to dinner for the Universal Medical Institution, of which Hutchison is listed as a Steward; on the back of this is a four-week calendar with four columns of daily preaching engagements. Formal invitation card from Mr. Allan to dinner with Mr. Butterworth includes the original envelope with heavy black wax seal. Mrs. Greene included an engraved tradesman's card for "Stannard & England..." with her address handwritten on back. There is a formal letter from Mrs. Hutchison donating Wesleyan relics to the President of the conference, in which letter she emphasizes her Moravian roots.
Note: Surname is variously spelled "Hutchison" and "Hutchinson."
Letters of Thomas Jackson (1783-1873), President of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference (1838), and prolific author of books on the Wesleys and other figures in Methodist history; on his brother Samuel; and on their descendants.
Holograph letters, including one from to James Everett, Manchester, 1827 June 11, in which Jackson regrets that he cannot currently publish Everett's history of Manchester Methodism due to the fact that the July and August magazines have already been put to press. Jackson sometimes alludes to his writing: in a letter of Jan. 1, 1855, he mentions finishing the rough draft of his life of "the late Dr. [Robert] Newton." In a lengthy letter of Sept. 28 1869 to Mrs. [Smallpage?], he recalls what he knew of her father, Mr. Keeling, whom he first met in 1815. In a letter to Dr. Osborn, Oct. 11 1871, he praises Osborn's upcoming series of articles that effectively refute the writing of Tyernan and his interpretations of Wesley's life and other facts of Methodist history.
Holograph letters of Samuel, William, and Elijah Jackson are routing correspondence about preaching appointments, etc. Correspondence of Baker with a woman trying to determine if she is the descendant of Thomas Jackson. Transcribed letters of Thomas Jackson include a long 1824 letter to Jabez Bunting in which he discusses upcoming issues of the
Disbound letter book of a Mrs. Leighton of The Vineyards, Bath. Little information has been found about Mrs. Leighton herself, but some of FB's notes refer to her as "Mrs. Knyvett Leighton, friend and disciple of Lady Huntingdon" (see Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files, John Fletcher). Her husband was at one time an agent of the Countess. The collection consists entirely of letters to Leighton from various well-known figures in 18th-century Methodism, especially Huntingdon, whose letters comprise about half the collection. Other correspondents include John Fletcher and George Whitefield, represented elsewhere in the Baker Wesleyana collection; Henry Venn, an Anglican vicar; Martin Madan, also an Anglican clergyman; and Madan's daughter, Penelope Maitland.
Arrangement: items have been rearranged and foldered by writer; the original sequence in the bound letter book was penciled on each letter at some point in the past. Arranged in eight folders: (1) John Fletcher; (2-4) Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon; (5) Penelope Maitland; (6) Henry and E. Venn; (7) George Whitefield; and (8) unidentified writers.
Regarding Leighton's poor health; Apologies for not visiting
Letters from Huntingdon, writing mainly from London, to Leighton, mainly in Bath.
Letters from Huntingdon, writing from London, Brighton, or Bath, to Leighton, in Bath or London.
Letters from Huntingdon, writing from Bath or London, to Leighton, in Bath or London.
Letters from Maitland, writing from London, to Leighton, at the Vineyards, Bath.
Ten letters from Henry Venn, at that time vicar of Huddersfield, and three from his wife, to Mrs. Leighton.
Discussing his traveling speeches throughout London.
According to Baker's notes, some of these may be additional Whitefield letters.
Six original letters to and from Alexander Mather (1733-1800, e.m. 1757), two of which include Baker transcriptions. General references to possible controversy: see 1796 letter. (Mather supported maintaining connection with the Church of England). Additional transcriptions of nine other letters (without originals).
Nine FB transcriptions of Mather letters; written to "Wm. Orpe," "William Marriott," and "W.C. Hobbs"
Letters, poems, and other documents by and about James Montgomery (1771-1854), Methodist layman and supporter of missions, editor of the radical newspaper
receipt
Epitaph for Mr. Wm. Goodier of York (verse)
Broadside, verse by Montgomery
with verses 'In Memory of the Rev. William Threlfall'
First line: "Father of Jesus Christ our Lord"
Broadside; attached to Everett letter of 1861 July 29
Re dedication of a statue of Montgomery
Broadside; attached to Everett letter of 1861 July 29; two hymns on verso, one by Montgomery
Letters to and from Henry Moore (1751-1844), Wesleyan Minister. He became an itinerant in 1779 and later served as John Wesley's traveling companion and amanuensis (1784-86). Moore was one of three preachers ordained by Wesley for work in England, and he was present at Wesley's death. He served as president of the conference in 1804 and 1823. The letters here are brief notes, but the broadsheet is a copy of the 1794 resolution from the Bristol trustees barring Moore from preaching at the New Room and Guinea Street Chapel in response to his celebration of Holy Communion there. This copy is addressed by Moore to Benson (in Manchester).
RELATED MATERIAL: another broadsheet from August 1794, also with a long letter from Moore to Benson, appears in the Joseph Benson Papers, and Moore is the author or subject of numerous broadsheets and circular letters in the Printed Materials Series. Several letters from and to Moore appear in letter books Simpson A, WP I and II, Perronet, and Steele. Other related materials in the Rubenstein Library include the
Letters of Elizabeth Ritchie, later Elizabeth Mortimer, (1754-1835); mostly contemporary copies or drafts, rather than originals, many of them heavily edited. The core of the collection are the young Ritchie's letters to JW, in which she expresses great emotional attachment to the preacher. Her correspondence with JW from the 1770s vividly details her many bodily afflictions and the treatments she has undergone to cure them. She likewise details the illnesses of and treatments incurred by her friends. Beginning in 1779, as she begins to see many of her friends pass away, Ritchie becomes increasingly preoccupied with death and the afterlife. Autograph letters from the 1790s-1810s depict her burgeoning friendship with Sarah (Sally) Wesley, with whom she discusses matters both spiritual and mundane. And finally, a printed item from 1835--the year after Mortimer's death--transcribes an additional fifty letters, 1776-1809, written to a wide array of correspondents.
RELATED MATERIAL: Other letters by Elizabeth (Ritchie) Mortimer, including some photocopies and transcriptions of the originals housed here, can be found in both the Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files, Elizabeth Ritchie, and in the Wesley Works Archive, Letters Series, Letters by Correspondent.
Undated fragment, pp. 301-372 of what is probably a 2nd edition of this memoir, first published a year after Mortimer's death. Bulmer explains on the first page that a "series of valuable letters, from the pen of its interesting subject," came to her after the first publication of the memoir. The fragment here, which appears to be the complete appendix, transcribes approximately fifty letters from Ritchie/Mortimer, spanning 1776-1809.
Verbatim copy of part of a letter
Three letters by Rev. John Newton (1725-1807), a slave trader who became an Anglican priest and hymn writer, eventually came to regret his involvement in slavery, and late in life supported abolitionist William Wilberforce. He was influenced by John Wesley and George Whitefield, and his evangelical preaching navigated a middle way between Arminianism and Calvinism. He also collaborated with poet William Cowper on a volume of hymns; his own best-known hymn today is
RELATED MATERIAL: Newton's letters also appear in the Henry Crooke Diary, in the Volumes Series, Writings and Addresses; and the Rubenstein Library holds a 1788 edition of his abolitionist pamphlet,
Writer identified as John Newton in penciled note.
Letters, portrait, and other documents by, to, and about Robert Newton (1780-1854), Wesleyan Methodist minister, frequently Secretary of the Conference and four-time President (1824, 1832, 1840 and 1848), and an avid preacher (sometimes preaching twelve times per week). Routine correspondence from Newton about family, appointments, and preaching engagements. Also two letters by Newton's wife Elizabeth. There is an article about Newton from
Letters and various documents to, about, or collected by Dr. George Osborn (1808-1891), Wesleyan Methodist Minister, elected to the Legal Hundred in 1849, twice President of the Conference (1863 and 1881), Secretary to the WM Missionary Society (1851-1868), and a scholar (editor of the 13-volume
Includes: Birth Certificate of Jane Osborn (sister), and Annually-renewed Covenant with God, by George Osborn (father)
Includes: two letters to Eliza Tooth (executrix to Sarah Wesley); letter from Robert Melson to the Conference, 1853 -- Melson left conference over controversy; this letter implores the conference to seek unity, criticizing their treatment of him ("Last year, you in your way, and in my absence, tried, condemned, and punished me as guilty of
Includes: 5 letters from Buntings (Jabez, T. Percival, and William?) to Osborn; 3 letters from Osborn; unsigned manuscript notes and quotes on education [FB pencil note: ?Geo. Osborn]; 7 items with no addressee (not written by Osborn); signatures (Osborn's and others', including the Rev. Joseph Kipling, grandfather of Rudyard Kipling)
Letters and journal extract of Hester Ann (Roe) Rogers (1756-1794). The daughter of an Anglican clergyman, Roe was moved by the preaching of David Simpson and Samuel Bardsley and converted to Methodism in 1774 over her family's objections. She went on to strike up a lifelong correspondence with John Wesley after first meeting him in 1776, and with his encouragement became well-known as a Methodist spiritual writer. The letters here consist mainly of numbered copies or drafts addressed to Miss Ann Loxdale. They are spiritual in nature, frequently discussing the topic of God's eternal love; she cautions Loxdale against reading mystic authors, recounts a theological discussion between herself and Mr. [John] Fletcher; and discusses the Methodist revival occurring in Dublin (1784). The letter of 1787 July 13 signed by James and Hester Rogers cites a prayer given by JW as affirmation of God's love.
RELATED MATERIAL: Housed separately, in the John Steele Letter Book (see Volumes Series), are transcribed extracts from Rogers's journal dated 1782 Mar. 29 - Apr. 1. Here she gives accounts of sermons delivered by JW and also continues to ruminate on the notion of divine love. Also in the Volumes Series is the commonplace book of her husband, James Rogers, which in its final pages records a eulogistic poem upon Hester's death, written by a female friend. The Rubenstein Library a variety of printed items by or about Hester Rogers, including editions of her
On back of address-sheet in hand of John Wesley to Arthur Keen Dublin, and endorsed by Keen as from Wesley, 13 July, 1787.
Letters, writings, and research of Dr. Humphrey Sandwith (1792-1874), a physician, father of the surgeon of the same name, writer on Methodist subjects, and first editor of The Watchman, a Wesleyan Methodist periodical founded in 1835. The papers are mainly concerned with his essay
Missing page 2.
Suggesting addition to Part V, that Wesley drew up regulations (1786 conference) with respect to his societies having service in church-hours (also a note from Wesley's Journal that he knew that this would open the door for separation b/w Methodists and Church of England)
Baker thinks that this letter was sent to Sandwith by Jackson with the following letter. Baker's notes: 12 pp., answering various queries about history of early Meth[odis]m, for Sandwith: e.g. Sacrament controversy, and separation of Wm. Moore in 1785 on this account; 'Mr.J.Wesley mildly recommended the people to go to the church and Sacraments -- Mr. C. Wesley threatened them with Damnation if they did not.' (p.2). 'it was not our Societies who held the high-church opinions -- but the Preachers'. Praises the extent Methodists go to evangelize the unchurched: "never had been done before since the apostolic age." Clarke approved Plan of Pacification. Ref. 'M.R.' [=Mark Robinson] of Beverley. Important Letter.
One quarter of letter has been cut out. Baker's notes: [Jackson is] congratulating Sandwith on material and saying can have extra room in Wesleyan Magazine. Sends 'some papers which I have received from Dr. Clarke' (= = letter above, endorsed by Sandwith as '(Dr. Sandwith's)' )
Portion of letter (including most of address) has been cut out. Baker's notes: [Jackson] says must omit some material from essay, relating to Dr. John Whitehead, as finds some relatives living who may object. 7th and 8th parts of Essay to be inserted in Nov. Mag. And would be an advantage to squeeze remainder together to finish in Dec.; then Watson's reply to Russel can begin in Jan. [I think this is the essay in folder 1]
Letter, letter books, and writings of David Simpson (1745-1799) and his descendants.
Five scrapbooks, plus 18 items, including letters from: Samuel Higginbotham of Macclesfield, William Marshall of Bucklerbury (6), George Merryweather of Yarm, Sus[ann]a Merryweather ('cousin'). The two scrapbooks consist chiefly of correspondence to the Rev. Samuel Simpson. Volume A contains 149 such letters and two notes. Volume B contains 134 letters, verses, and autographs of various preachers.
Printed appeal for donations to build a chapel for the poor neighborhood around Half-Moon Street and Bishopsgate; "Mr. D. Simpson" is listed as one of the men to whom these donations should be directed (along with a "Mr. Summers" and "Mr. Millard"). Penciled edits suggest several changes to the text.
Religious diary kept by D. Simpson, Sr., although years do not correspond with his death date (1799). Entries address God directly, praying for strength, expressing Simpson's dedication to obeying Christ, etc. One entry mentions having heard "Mr. Wesley" preach upon the Christian's duty to rise early every morning. 27 pages, with pages 5-6 having been clipped out at some point.
Three sheets possibly removed from a journal, undated and unsigned, but apparently in David Simpson's hand. Pages include sermon notes, several paragraphs praising an Anna Simpson, possibly Simpson's wife, recently deceased. Then follows a poem addressed to "Betsy" (possibly Simpson's daughter), which advises her to beware of the false intentions of the young men who court her and to make sure that she chooses a man whose love is sincere. A final fragment that seems to begin another poem, "For a garden-seat or summer house."
Letters to and from George John Stevenson (1818-1888), schoolteacher and master, editor, and printer. From 1861 to 1867 he owned and edited the
Young is a missionary to South Africa; Stevenson (a printer) apparently requested letters that Young had received in S. Africa. Unfortunately, he left most of them there when he returned to England (with the intention of returning), but any he has he will send along.
Letters to Tabraham from T. Percival Bunting, Thomas Vasey, and others. Series of letters from Sarah and Richard Goodman, Jemima Yaxley, and Tabraham regarding controversy at Sedgeford surrounding Yaxley (regarding authority in the church and expelled preachers--Yaxley is possibly referring to Primitive Methodists at one point, though this is unclear). Letters from Bunting and Hameston about controversy surrounding Hameston, who resigns. Two letters from A. Cannell criticizing Methodist Trustees' meeting. Series of form letters. Typed note by Baker "Richard Tabraham & Reform Agitation in Norfolk."
One sheet, two letters: one from Mr. R. and one from Mrs. Sarah Goodman; both undated
Letters from, to, and about itinerant preacher Zechariah Taft (1772-1848) and Mary Barritt (1772-1851), later Mary Taft. Although there are no letters by Barritt here, and only one directly addressed to her, her preaching is a frequently-broached topic. Taft's correspondents also refer to his well-known wife. In 1802, the year of their marriage, Laurence Kane writes to inquire about rumors of controversy: "Various accounts having reached us here, respecting your good wife's preaching, and Mr. [Joseph] Benson's interference there with." Three decades later, letters continue to include invitations to both of them to preach. In another, Taft himself mentions to John Bramwell Mrs. Taft's recent work in the Newark Circuit and reiterates his continuing interest in women's preaching: "We should also like to know ... whether Mrs. Ward (Wood?)--or any other pious female of your acquaintance acts publickly for God." Other topics include overseas missions. On an early letter from William Ault, who would go on to accompany Thomas Coke on a fateful voyage to establish Methodist missions in Ceylon, Taft later recorded the brief note that "Mr. Ault died at Celon." And in an 1845 letter he reminds George John Stevenson of the Methodist contribution to the anti-slavery movement: "The africans in the West Indies would have been in slavery this day had not the subject been agitated in this Country."
Arranged in chronological order.
Including 4 portraits, three of Zacharias and one of Mary Taft.
Apparently the papers of two different men named Thomas Vasey whose relationship, if any, is unclear. The earliest documents here (1794, 1826) probably relate to the Thomas Vasey (1746-1826) who became one of the founders of American Methodism; he was ordained as deacon and elder by JW in 1784 and sent to America with Thomas Coke and Richard Whatcoat, where he stayed two years. The broadside, 1794, pertains to a controversy in which trustees dismissed preachers and banned them from chapels even though they were appointed there by preachers in connection. The later documents here are the letters of a 19th century minister, Thomas Vasey (1814-1871). The letters to Richard Tabraham pertain to various controversies, including one about the prosecution of unlawful ministers in Methodist chapels.
Broadside. Addressed to Rev. Mr. Bogie, Edinburgh, with letter from Vasey to Bogie written in the margins, 1794 Oct. 1.
Correspondence of Richard Watson (1781-1833), Wesleyan Methodist minister, theologian, and president of the conference in 1826. Watson was an important early advocate for Wesleyan missions, and this topic comes up frequently in his correspondence, especially in reference to the West Indies, India, and South Africa. Letters to Jabez Bunting, Henry Moore, Thomas Jackson, John Felvus, and others. Several letters to and about Moore referencing a mid-1820s controversy. Letter to Felvus, 1831, references a slave insurrection in Antigua, presumably a different one than that desc. in Felvus's long letter to Entwisle, 1824 Letters to John Furness (broadside on Methodist Missions), Thomas Galland, Robert Pilter, William Threlfall (missionary in Africa). Correspondence consists of nine autograph manuscripts, listed individually, and seventeen FB transcriptions, summarized at the end.
Richard Watson autograph; "Extract of an Ode on the Death of Melancthon" on one side; untitled stanza from another poem on other side.
On verso of circular letter
Letters, writings, printed materials, and other documents of Francis Athow West (1801-1869), Wesleyan Methodist minister, President of the Conference in 1857, and Governor of the Kingswood School from 1862-1867. His correspondence to George Osborn comprises by far the largest portion of these materials; they are mostly routine, friendly letters about mundane issues in the Church, books, and family. Other correspondence includes letters to his wife, son, and other family members; and correspondence with various colleagues in the Church. Various writings, in manuscript and print, and other materials are gathered in the final folder, as detailed below. Arranged in four groups: letters to Osborn; letters to family; letters to others; and other materials.
RELATED MATERIAL: A manuscript volume of sermons, attributed by FB to West, can be found in the Volumes Series, Writings and Addresses Subseries.
Miscellaneous correspondence from West; notice of Rev. George Morley's death; includes one transcript of letter from West to [Morley] Punshon, 1865 (original absent).
Miscellaneous writings and other items. Includes: portrait, probably of West (found loose in box); scrap with West's signature; poem; short biography of Jabez Bunting (27+ pp.);
Letters and other documents of William Wilberforce (1759-1833), Minister of Parliament and slavery abolitionist. Wilberforce's long association with the Wesley family began in the 1780s. After Charles Wesley's death in 1788, he served as administrator of a pension for the widowed Sarah (who survived another 36 years). Most famously, the dying John Wesley wrote his last recorded letter to Wilberforce, urging him to continue his fight to abolish the slave trade (
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Letter books, autobiography, and other writings of Thomas Wride (1733-1807), an early Methodist itinerant. Wride was stationed in Devon and other areas, being moved several times by JW due to his conflicts with other preachers. His papers consist of six pamphlet-size volumes and several loose sheets of manuscript, with copies of his own letters being the most prominent content. Several letters to the Wesley brothers, usually John, appear in at least three volumes. Other writings include Wride's autobiography and a narrative about the conversion and visionary dream of an unnamed woman. Loose items are listed first, followed by volumes.
Seven unordered loose sheets, perhaps once a part of a series of histories. Large sections are crossed out and other pages likely missing, but the legible text contains timelines along with prose descriptive passages, with dates ranging from the 1740s-1780s. Titles of at least three different histories appear: "Introduction etc. of Methodism into Howich (?); "Paper for a short History of Methodism in Alnwick(?) and the neighborhood"; and "Remarks upon the Introduction of Methodism to Ixworth(?)."
Title supplied by Tyernan. Four loose sheets that may form the beginning of a small volume, chronicling the introduction of Methodism to Bolton.
Anecdotes about the history of the Methodist church in Rochdale, many of which are stories that the writer's grandmother passed on to him. Found with the Thomas Wride material but unrelated to it, aside from the general topic of local histories.
POSSIBLY RELATED MATERIAL: It is unestablished whether Scholfield's stories are about the same Rochdale Methodist preaching house whose 1770 founding licence is housed in the Subject Files--see Dissenters.
Copies of at least seventeen letters to John Wesley. Also, letters to Thomas Coke, John Atlay, Joseph Bradford, and a "Sister Wilkinson."
An account of a woman's religious conversion and of a vision that came to her in a dream. No name is given, the woman being referred to only as "she."
The autobiography covers about ten pages, before cutting off abruptly. The remaining pages consist of a sermon and a partial draft of a letter.
Copies of Wride's letters to various people, including one to "Mr. Wesley." Another letter may be to Thomas Carlill. Other writing in the journal is unidentified, although one item may be a draft of an obituary.
Accounts and bookkeeping (some of which is scratched out); copies of recipes (medical); one letter copy (no date or addressee); and charts of dates and places, possibly circuit plans.
In addition to the correspondence, many folders also contain portraits of writers and recipients.
Discusses Bogie's new circuit, a possible visit by JW to Scotland later this year, and Dr Cook's [Coke] plans to send two preachers to the West Indies.
RELATED MATERIAL: see also the Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files, Bennet, John.
Broadsheet invitation to services celebrating the beginning of "A City Chapel and Schools".
Journal-like entries recounting journey across Atlantic on the S.S. Great Britain (closes with apparently incomplete anecdote in postscript).
Letters of Samuel Bardsley (1746-1818), an early Wesleyan Methodist itinerant preacher.
RELATED MATERIAL: FB's transcriptions of over fifty Bardsley letters appear in the Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files.
Letters of John Berridge (1717-1793), Church of England clergyman who underwent an evangelical conversion in the late 1750s and became acquainted with JW. He later became a Calvinist and was influence by the Countess of Huntingdon and George Whitefield, both referenced in these letters.
RELATED MATERIAL: FB's transcriptions of these and other letters appear in the Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files.
RELATED MATERIAL: Hugh Bourne (1772-1852) was a founder of the Primitive Methodist Church and hymnwriter. The Rubenstein Library holds more than 130 monographs and serials on the Primitive Methodist Church, including several editions of Bourne's hymnals. See also the
J. Brandon (playwright?), bound collection of letters. Letters regarding Sir Sidney Smith (decorated Admiral in the Royal Navy). Letters between Charles Ollier and Brandon regarding his works, and between Brandon and Ernest Augustus Kellner, musician. Also includes collection of signatures on three sheets, 1878-79.
Letter written to Tommy Cooper, signed "xxxxx": probably a copy made by Cooper which he sent to Charlesworth. Letter criticizes Cooper for writing an inflammatory letter to a Methodist minister, shows Cooper his hypocrisy, and accuses him of secretly hating Methodism.
RELATED MATERIAL: See Volumes Series, Writings Subseries, for the transcript of the diary of Ellen Gretton, (later Mrs. William Christian).
RELATED MATERIAL: see also Volumes Series, Writings and Addresses.
Acrostic poem.
Plan for play "Arminiamism Exalted," performed by "Prince of the Power of the Air," including acting technique and cast list; on the reverse is copied an extract from the Carlisly Journal, 1800 Nov. 15, and an anonymous verse.
Mounted in folder entitled "Div. VII. Celebrated Women" with engraved portrait, three clippings, and note describing letter.
Provenance: not a JW autograph, although Fenwick's hand is similar to Wesley's, as noted by FB in his original list of manuscripts sold to Duke in 1961 ("Hand like Wesley's"). Fenwick was one of JW's traveling companion(s) in the late 1780s.
Re: death of Lady Mary Fitzgerald, friend of the Countess of Huntingdon.
Enclosed piece of fabric that "belonged to a bed John Wesley used to occupy".
Letter (incomplete?)to unnamed recipient, summarizing the resolutions of the Manchester Conference, including "Mr. Moore's agreeing to quit the House."
Other items include a List of expenditures, 1825-26, with no apparent relation to other items, and an envelope labeled "Given me February 1901," explaining provenance of letter (probably in hand of Bretherton).
Transcriptions of 4 letters to William Orpe, made by Miss Orpe and Marion Barratt ca. 1897 for Mr. Riggall.
This letter accompanied the transcriptions to explain that they were made at Mr. Riggall's request. 1849 letter defends the expulsion of Everett, Dunn, and Griffith; writer argues that they were expelled not for expressing their opinion, but for breaking Methodist law; also defends the "high" price of Methodist books (where the money goes, etc.). Levick letter includes (unrelated?) sermon notes at the end.
Letters and documents from and about John Pawson (1737-1806), who entered itinerant ministry in 1762 and was then ordained by John Wesley for work in Scotland in 1785. He was involved in many Methodist controversies, especially after Wesley's death, some of which are alluded to in the letters. Burton provides an extensive account of Pawson's efforts to "die well" in his last weeks; Buckley sends condolences on his death and ruminates on the afterlife.
Letter to Cook explaining Viney's diary (18th century) and encouraging him to join Wesley Historical Society. Includes article about Viney by Riggall, 1921.
RELATED MATERIAL: For diary transcriptions, see Vols. Series, Writings Subseries, Riggall.
Baker's penciled note speculates Richard Rodda, maybe to Everett? Also, reference to "A.C. LLD. is almost a prest into the service of government": perhaps Adam Clarke?
In pen, a separate note identifying this as "the hand-writing of the Rev. Wm. Romaine."
William Seward, "Wrote at Sea June 9th:1740 - to be put in ye post on my Landing at Dover or Deal" "To Mr Blackwell at Mr. James Martins & Compy - Bankers in Lombard Street, London," being sent by Whitefield "to fetch over our dear Br. Hutchins to supply our Br. Whitefield's place at the Orphand House while he comes to England himself in the Spring - also to Transat sevll Affairs with the Trustees for Georgia and to make Collections for a Negroe School in the Province of Pensilvania where we hae bought 5000 Acres of very good Land for that purpose and for settling such English friends upon, whose Hearts God shall Incline to go over in a Ship we are to buy next year to be commanded by Capt. Gladman who comes over with me..." left power of attorney with his brother Benjamin. Write to him "a penny post Letter to Mr. John Brays- Brasier in Little Brittain where I am to Lodge while in Town". Also instructions about Bills of Exchange to be examined. Collected 210 Sterling for the Orphan House at 3 Sermons at Charles Town & Philadelphia. For Whitefield and Negroes see Dallimore 495-501, etc. Quotes this letter, as from Tyerman's Whitefield, I.378. (lent by Geo. Stampe of Grimsby)
Letter written on the a publication of the laws of the "Church-Separation Society," sent to Osborn so he can review them and give his opinion on the charges brought against Stephens for his association with the Society.
Two letters associated with the SPCK. Baskett apologizes for "casual mistakes which have happen'd in the Editions of the Bible" and thanks Society for "not proceeding to censure me." Beaumont thanks Society for books and their resolutions against Dissenters, which he hopes his clergy will adopt.
Re: sacrament controversy.
Handwritten draft of a letter concerning the whereabouts of books (some were Wesley's) from the accused thief? (I "would not presume to take it away until you came to town and gave me permission"). Undated, unaddressed, unsigned, and apparently unrelated to the printed material.
Letters received as a discrete alphabetical file in the Frank Baker Papers. Predominantly from mid-to-late 19th century English Methodist preachers, most often addressed to Samuel Simpson, and with subject matter often focusing on times, locations, and other details of various preaching assignments and invitations. A frequent topic is the Education Fund. F. F. Bretherton's name also appears frequently, and he was likely Baker's immediate source for some of these letters. Certain longer and older letters, circa 1775-1825, have been transferred to various subseries in the Correspondence Series, particularly to James Everett. Arranged alphabetically to folder level.
These materials, received as a discrete alphabetical file in the Frank Baker Papers, were transferred to the Frank Baker Collection of Wesleyana and British Methodism because of many of the Presidents' direct connections with many of the historical figures in the main body of the Correspondence Series. The file came with a brief checklist of Wesleyan Methodist Conference and Methodist Conference Presidents and other information about the history of this office. Arranged alphabetically by name.
Mounted in Volume WP II:81. Note to remind the Mission House to pay him (Atherton) the interest on 120 pounds owed him.
Mounted in Volume WP II:35. Four pages to let them know he cannot attend upcoming District meeting due to his health problems.
[Arranged under this entry in Correspondence Series.]
[Arranged under this entry in Correspondence Series.]
Four autograph letters and one fragment, signed, likely written by the younger John Farrar (1802-1884). One autograph manuscript, signed, likely written by the elder John Farrar (ministry commenced 1796, died 1837).
Includes autograph letter to James Everett, 1817 July 24, informing Everett of his appointment to York.
Manuscript letter on verso of circular letter,
Small collection of correspondence without provenance, discovered loose amongst Baker's papers. The bulk appears to be correspondence Baker inherited (by gift or purchase) from earlier collectors of Wesleyana and Methodist manuscripts active in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, especially John Austen and G. B. Cocking. In addition to correspondence directly to or from Austen and Cocking, there are numerous letters from late 19th century Methodist preachers and Wesleyan presidents, so that there is some overlap in content with the two subseries immediately preceding this one. Arranged chronologically, by decade, with the exception of the folder of Presidents' Letters described below.
Contains a number of letters from Wesleyan presidents and ministers. A detailed list of letters at the beginning of the folder appears to be for research purposes only, not a list of contents; however, the list may overlap with items to be found elsewhere in this collection.
Consists mainly of albums of Methodist class and band tickets; also contains many loose tickets and groups of Methodist class papers and books; and research material on these and related topics. The "class meeting" and "class ticket" refer back to the earliest years of Wesley's Methodist societies, with the class paper introduced to record attendance at the meetings and the class tickets distributed to members quarterly. The series contains more than 4000 tickets, most of them mounted in albums or scrapbooks. The volumes vary greatly in size and physical condition, from booklets scarcely larger than the tickets themselves (about 2" x 3"), to large scrapbooks with many items coming loose, to such beautifully-preserved albums as the Joseph G. Wright Class and Band Tickets, 1742-1954.
Though mainly from English churches, there are also multiple examples from other countries, including tickets printed in Welsh, German, and Tamil. In addition to the Wesleyan Methodist church, several other denominations are represented, including the Primitive Methodist Church, the Wesleyan Reform Church, the Wesleyan Reform Union, and the modern unified Methodist Church.
The class papers and books are the records kept by class leaders, who recorded not only attendance but also commented upon the spiritual status and progress of individual members. Also contained in this series are various articles and notes by Baker and other scholars on the class meetings and tickets; this secondary material explains not only the history of such materials but also their possible uses for historical research, including local history, genealogy, administration of the growing church was administrated at the local level. Finally, although by the 19th century the tickets had become entirely textual items, many of the earliest tickets were visually elaborate and contain hundreds of examples of 18th century engraving technique.
Contains: Methodist class paper, 1804; Methodist class ticket, 1826; and undated explanatory text by FB, probably for an exhibit or class.
Class tickets of various members of the Jackson family of Preston.
Content: many tickets are loose within the volume, and others seem to missing entirely.
Compiled by Joseph G. Wright (d. 1911) of Wolverhampton, England, and completed to 1932 by F. F. Bretherton. Gift of FB, 1982, at which time he deemed it one of the two or three largest collections in the world.
Broadsides, circular letters, newspapers, posters, announcements, original leaves and reproductions from historically significant editions of the Bible, and a wide variety of other ephemeral printed materials, arranged in the following three subseries:
Broadsides, circular letters, posters, and other ephemeral printed materials. In particular, the items here extend into the 1840s and 1850s and touch upon some of the controversies of the Wesleyan Reform era. Material related to this subject can also be found in George Osborn's letter-book and album, "Collection of letters and broadsheets, &c., on Wesleyan Reform Movement," housed in the Volumes Series.
References Dr. Warren and the Rules of 1795 and 1797.
Regarding resolutions passed on the Connexional Union between the Methodist New Connexion and the Wesleyan Association.
Detailed steps recently taken towards "promoting a Connexional Union of the Wesleyan Association with our Christian Community..."
Regarding "annual Certificates of character required for those preachers who are in full Connexion."
Circular sent to missionaries claiming financial difficulties caused by increase in missionaries and salaried teachers.
On verso, addressed to Rev. John Beechem.
On verso, a note addressed to Rev. John Finness.
Reprint of addresses given by Longden and Miller following an outside attempt to divide the Society at Sheffield. (2 copies)
1870 facsimile of the original, including Coke's handwritten note, verso, addressed to Rev. Mr. [John] Fletcher. Soliciting subscribers to fund missionary work (location unspecified).
On verso, a penciled list of names and amounts contributed.
Regarding the move of Mr. Moore to Portland Chapel.
Regarding a dispute between John Hepworth and John Unwin.
Soliciting funds to expand missionary programs "for the purpose of sending the Gospel to the Heathen World."
Detailed by continents and regions: Europe (Ireland, France, Brussels, and Gibraltar); Asia (Ceylon, Madras, Bombay, and New South Wales); and Africa (Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Madagascar).
Item missing.
Both addressed to James Bogie Content: Conference called to settle a meeting that was intended to settle a dispute in Bristol.
Protest to Benson, Rodda, and Vasey who are compiling 100 people for the conference on the meeting on the dispute in Bristol.
Short handwritten column of sums of money added on verso.
"Dear Brethren,-The Circumstances in which our beloved Connexion is placed at present, have justly excited alarm and anxiety in the minds of all interested in its true welfare."
To the Editor of the Nottingham Review. Upset over a reprinted quote from "Kaye's Times" which misrepresented James Loutit.
To the Editor of the Nottingham Review. Upset over a quote given by Samuel Dunn which mischaracterized James Loutit.
Regarding the debt and past measures enacted to fight it. Call to keep this year's expenditures within the range of income.
On verso, part of a handwritten letter (no addressee or writer given): "...we request you will balance and transmit the Account of your Auxiliary or Branch Society or Association..."
(Verso) One copy addressed to Rev. John Eutwistle
Oath of Allegiance to King George; Oath of Supremacy; Declaration Against Popery; Declaration of Christian Faith.
Soliciting signatures for declaration in opposition to recent attacks on Methodism
"Since the publication of the 'New Evil Under the Sun,' in the Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine for June last, we have been inundated with Letters on the subject…" One letter from Methodist peacher.
Includes handwritten note about Martin P. Beddome.
Circa 150-line poem on "The Quest, Chase, Death and Transfiguration of Old Renny."
(Verso) Noted "I believe written by Mr. Winfield." Note signed.
Includes letter from Tatham dated 1850 Sept. 14.
Lists three-fold work as "1. Memorials of Medthodist Itinerant Preachers...; 2. Memorials of other Persons of Methodist celebrity...; 3. Reminiscences of the Origin and Progress of Methodism...
(Verso) Addressed to Mr. James Bogie, Edinburgh
(Verso) Addressed to Robert Lowe
In protest to an upcoming meeting with Warren, Gordon, Smith, Lee, Farrar and Rowland. Signed "Somebody who Knows"
In protest to the decisions of the Conference
Transfer to visual series with prints?
Annotations alongside names; Names crossed out upon passing.
(Verso) Addressed to "The Trustees, Leaders, the Methodist Society, Dumfrieds, Scotland"
Circular letter to Methodist Ministers in the West Indies, also containing printed copies of a circular letter from the Secretary of State to the Governors of the West Indies Colonies, and "Questions to be proposed to the Bishops and Clergy of the Established Church, and to the Ministers of Christian Societies of other denominations, and to all Teachers of Schools in connexion with the Established Church or with any such society in the Colony of...[sic]".
(Verso) Addressed to Furness [?] Content: Signees against the recent legal renewal of the Slave Trade.
(Verso) Letter from Thomas Warrick to James Bogie dated 1797 Aug. 9.
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Includes handwritten note from J. J. Hickson to his wife. Dated 1832 Aug. 4.
Includes: Clegg, Edward and John Hull, Address of the Stewards, Leaders, Local Preachers, and other Officers of the Manchester First Circuit, Manchester: Times Office, 1834 Nov. 6.
Collection of forty broadsides, circular letters, and ephemera that focuses mainly, but not exclusively, on the Committee of Privileges and the controversies that arose in British Methodism in the years following JW's death (1791). All items in this subseries were received from FB as a gift in 1983, along with a full listing, physical description, and commentary on the historical significance of each item. That text is too extensive to be included here in full, but is only quoted at times to clarify the identification or attribution of certain items; however, a full copy of FB's description and commentary is in the information folder at the beginning of the subseries. Arranged as received FB, generally in alphabetical order by main entry.
FB: "Probably prepared by Dr. Thomas Coke"
FB: "Date cut off, but item almost certainly belongs to 1796-97, and is probably by Alexander Kilham, a document in the controversy leading to formation of the Methodist New Connexion in 1797..."
FB: "Attacks Samuel Bradburn for opening Portland Chapel in Bristol during normal hours of worship in parish churches, thus encouraging a separation of Methodism from Church of England, contrary to Wesley's printed sentiments."
FB: "A response to Bradburn's reply to No. 4 above, for which see below, No. 13."
FB: "Gives a copy of petition to Parliament against a Bill to abrogate Test laws against Roman Catholics, and supports that petition...a movement by the Methodist Committee of Privileges to block Roman Catholic emancipation. "
FB: "Includes printed docket "Resolutions on the Bill introduced into Parliament relating to Protestant Dissenters." Also includes list of committee members/non-Methodist dissenters such as Thomas Allan, Esq., Rev. Joseph Benson, Joseph Butterworth, Esq., and Rev. Thomas Jackson. "
FB: "[in two letters, one of Feb. 17, 1806, from "the Local and Community Preachers and Visitors," seeking a plan to improve their status, giving their thoughts about fuller education; the second, undated, replies to it as far as Bible study is concerned, and offers to meet with them in several divisions; it is signed by Joseph Benson, Adam Clarke, and six other "traveling preachers in the London Circuit". Appended is a letter by the late Thomas Rutherford on the plan, written March 14, 1806.]"
FB: "Bradburn lists three other preachers, ten trustees of Portland Chapel (beginning with Thomas Webb), and eighteen "Leaders of the Bristol Society," with the added note: "We did not think it necessary to trouble the Women Leaders". For the place of this document in the controversy, see above, Nos. 4-5."
FB: "Resolutions to expel any local preachers who "apply to the Quarter Sessions for a Licence to preach, without being approved as a Preacher by the Quarterly Meeting," aimed at those who used such licences to "claim exemption from civil and military offices"."
FB: "A letter from the Committee of Privileges to secure national toleration for the Methodists under a ruling of "the King v. the Justices of Gloucestershire."
FB: "Clearly a covering letter to accompany resolutions against Lord Sidmouth's Bill--cf. No. 7 above."
FB: "In considering Halifax circular about plans for Methodism after Wesley's recent death, they suggest that "a Committee of all the Assistant Preachers in the Kingdom should be convened in Dublin on Friday the 1st of July" to act on summoning of an Irish Conference; agree that whole Kingdom should be divided into Districts; and doubt wisdom of a Committee only to station preachers etc. Signed, Adam Clarke, Thomas Rutherford, and three others."
FB: "A letter canvassing the re-election of William Wilberforce to Parliament as a man "of pure Religion and genuine Humanity, [who] has ever been a steady, consistent Friend to the Methodist Connexion." Signed by Adam Clarke, Joseph Benson, and nine other preachers. A.P.S. urges that no Methodist should support any candidate "disposed to support the impious Traffic in our Fellow-Creatures, the Natives of Africa; or who will not declare his decided hostility to that Traffic.""
FB: "Hearing of Irish agitations about administering the Lord's Supper, they ratify Irish plan to overcome problem, and reaffirm unity of English and Irish preachers. Although signed by the President, this document implies it was in fact prepared by ex-President Adam Clarke, himself an Irishman, who sent this particular copy to his wife. "
Extended title quote: "Brethren, On Tuesday, October 30, 1792, The Preachers of the Bristol-District being assembled, to take into consideration the late disputes relative to Portland-Chapel, the following Propositions were unanimously agreed to: ...4. That those Persons who have lately published Papers, signed 'The Trustees of the Methodists' Chapels in Bristol', have, by publishing those Papers, as we think, grievously offended God and their Brethren, and that, unless they acknowledge their fault, they ought not to be continued Members of the Society..."
FB: "The complex history of the negotiations is recounted, ending with signatories proclaiming that they had done all they could to "promote Peace and Reconciliation". Signed "Henry Moore, Chairman," followed by twelve other names. This relates to Samuel Bradburn's actions as noted in No. 13 above. His name is listed among the signatories."
FB: "Gives resolutions of committee about troubles of Wesleyan Missionaries in Jamaica, and objecting to "the sweeping charges made against persons in this country, comprehended under the general term of 'Emancipatists and Abolitionists'." Copies were to be sent to Secretary of State and Governor of Jamaica. Signed, "George Morley, Richard Watson, John Mason, Secretaries". "
FB: "After 33 years of service as an Irish Methodist Missionary, suggests that the Government should remove the power of Rome by offering regular support to the R.C. clergy."
FB: "Six resolutions passed by clergy of the Church of England, supporting their natural privileges as an Established Church against claims of any dissenters, are given, with dissenters' answer to each one."
FB: "Page 4 contains a "Postscript" of a letter from John Ros "To Jos. Butterworth, Esq.," the probable compiler of the material. " (Cf. No. 21 below [Riot in Barbadoes, and Destruction of the Wesleyan Chapel and Mission House...])"
FB: "Closes with letter from John Ross 'To Jos. Butterworth, Esq.' Cf. No. 17 above."
FB: "Cf. above, Nos. 8, 22."
FB: "This occupies remainder of pp. 1-2 (six columns), in which Moore relates his relationships with Alexander Kilham and his supporters from 1796 Conference onwards, including copies of several important documents."
FB: "A letter attacking Alexander Kilham as a slanderer, on the basis of a copy of his
Subseries comprises reproductions of 16th century materials and originals that date to 1611, and original issues of several 18th and 19th century newspapers; there are also a number of 19th-century reproductions of 16th and 17th-century newspapers, the earliest of which, dated to 1588, reports of news of the Spanish Armada. Other items here include reproductions of frontispieces for various 16th-century English language Bibles, and authenticated original leaves from the King James Bible (1611) and the Germantown Bible, published in Philadelphia in 1743. There is also a list of posts
Five woodblock prints of 16th century Bible frontispieces, 1538-1569 (undated reproductions); and one authenticated original leaf from the Germantown Bible, Philadelphia, 1743, the earliest European language Bible published in the American Colonies.
Woodblock prints of 16th century Bible frontispieces, 1536-1549 (undated reproductions); one original leaf from 1st edition of King James Bible, 1611, with certificate of authenticity, and other title pages.
Original issues listed individually; reproductions summarized.
The reproductions are largely undated, but appear to originate from the mid-19th century and reproduce content more often than appearance.
Original fragment, pp. 5-8. of ten page document establishing the Act of Uniformity. The refusal of John and Charles Wesley's great-grandfather and grandfather, Bartholomew and John Wesley, to comply led to their expulsion from the Anglican clergy. An online exhibition commemorating the 350th anniversary of this historic document can be viewed online at the John Rylands University of Manchester.
Oath required of priests as "part of the declaration enjoyned by the Act of Parliament for the Uniformity of Publick Prayers."
Printed document, filled out and signed by Robert Barlow, Church Warden, and Robert Pacy, Overseer of the Poor, Parish of Tollerton, Nottingham, for William Sares and his family.
Includes list of vegetables and herbs with information for planting and growing them.
Letters, legal and financial documents, portrait and landscape engravings, maps, photographs, research notes, autographs, franks, handbills, and other material that reflect FB's research interests in English and Methodist history of the 18th and 19th centuries. Arranged alphabetically by topic or geographical name.
Includes portraits of over two dozen missionaries to Africa and various manuscripts about the early history of the mission to Sierra Leone.
Correspondence and other documents on the early history of the Wesleyan Methodist missions in Sierra Leone. In an affidavit of 1812 Jan. 28, a citizen of Freetown swears that "George Warren, Preacher in the Connexion of the late Rev. John Wesley," did not pray, preach, or read in the Connexion's meeting house on a Sunday morning earlier that month. An 1848 letter from Francis Collier to Rev. S.R. Hall recalls events of some forty years earlier, regarding Thomas Coke's appointment of Warren to establish a mission in Sierra Leone. And a petition to the Wesleyan Missions in London, also from 1848 and signed by some seventy preachers and class leaders in Sierra Leone, requests that Thomas Dove be re-appointed as General Superintendent of the Sierra Leone missions.
One printed and illustrated playbill for an evening of "Vocal, Instrumental, and Terpsichorean Entertainment" aboard the H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, 1857 Jan. 1, featuring the Virginia Minstrels, Ethiopian Serenaders, and the Young Patagonian or Morocco Monkey.
Unrelated to the above, there are forty-nine form letters from Charles Prest, Secretary of Wesleyan Army Committee, to ministers at Wesleyan circuits around England, asking for the number of militiamen their chapels this year (1866). Autograph replies from respondents vary from simple completion of the form to additional notes.
Soldiers' Home at Aldershot, 1868-1870: four letters from Joseph Webster, thanking various contributors to a fund for a proposed home for soldiers near Aldershot; one letter to the editor from Charles H. Kelly, in support of the same home.
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Wesleyan Missionary Newspaper from Madras (now Chennai), 1909, presumably in Tamil language.
Missionary letter from South India, 1939, detailing work there.
Engravings of a mission in Colombo.
Map of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) showing the locations of Methodist Missions.
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FB note: "copy of document in the handwriting of Dr. Osborn, probable date 1851 or thereabouts"
Materials related to the Wesleyan missionary John Hunt (1812-1848) and his brother Joseph. Contents: letter from J. Hunt, 1838 Apr. 21; engraving, "Illustrated Map of Feejee, Presented by the Missionary Committee to Collectors of Juvenile Christmas Offerings, 1853," showing images of many sites in Fiji, including the tomb of the Rev. John Hunt; clipping on John Hunt (obituary or memoir); engraving of Joseph Hunt.
Contents: Baxter correspondence to Jabez Bunting about the first image, 1844 Nov. 18; Untitled engraving (color, 9x12), John Waterhouse landing at Fiji (mislabled in pencil, verso, as Rev. L. Williams); "Va-Ta-Ah, the Feejeean Princess" (color); two engravings (color) of Wesleyan chapels and mission houses in New Zealand and Madras; and five engravings of ships, including three of the missionary ship "John Wesley" and one entitle "Destruction of the 'Tanjore' by Lightning off Ceylon." A penciled note on the last item says "Dr. [Elijah] Hoole in the boat holding up his hand." Found separately, a copy of FB's extended note about the history and provenance of the large engraving in included in the folder. He identifies subject as "John Waterhouse, appointed 1839, as 'General Superintendent of the Wesleyan Missions in Australia and Polynesia.'"
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Miscellaneous autographs on title pages, endpapers, and other fragments. 2 folders from CORR1, plus 1 folder from Smith;
Contains the following original and reproductions of baptismal certificates: 1787 photograph of John Wesley autograph; 1826 photograph with FB correspondence dated 1952-3 documenting provenance; 1883 original. Attached to the 1883 item is a note documenting a 1798 certificate not found.
RELATED MATERIAL: See also Correspondence Series, Adam Clarke Papers.
Folder 1 houses manuscript notes of Rev. S. R. Hall, a 19th-century Wesleyan Methodist minister, passed to FB by Bretherton in the 1940s. Undated text with 1831 watermarks. Folder 2 contains correspondence, notes, and writings of John Simon, John Telford, and other scholars, 1913-1919 and undated, about editions of JW's sermons.
Mainly a collection of 18th and 19th century British Methodist book plates. Found in the box with the book plates were miscellaneous items, including 2 postcard advertisements for Sugden's Flour, a small color portrait of Sir Christopher Wren, invitations to various services, a Memorial Book for Mary Hannah,and various other items.
Correspondence, notes, account pages, cards, clippings, and 1833-1834 class schedule, all related to Burnley Circuit and the Wesleyan chapel there. Also included here are two small volumes, a journal of the Wesleyan chapel in Burnley, 1839-1870, and a log of School's Collections, 1852-1862.
RELATED MATERIAL: See also the two Burnley account books and journals, housed in the Volumes Series.
Long and detailed letter from R. L. (Robert Langham) Lusher (1787-1849), writing from Montreal, where he had recently returned from Bath after a previous mission in Canada in the 1820s. In reporting to Shum he gives many details about the current political, an important era in Canadian history that came to be known as the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837.
***[ to be transferred to oversize box.] WAS THIS DONE?
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Letter of four pages from an unidentified book or serial that describes life and conditions in Jamaica. Portrays the terrible life of the slaves, concluding that only one class of people suffer more--"our fair countrywomen."
Manuscript and printed minutes, notes, and other materials from various Wesleyan Methodist Conferences.
Eleven Wesleyan Methodist Conference Admission Cards, circa 1855-1880, for Rev. Francis Barker. Autographs for presidents of corresponding years present. Nine admission tickets, circa 1930-1959. FB research and notes on Wesleyan Methodist Conferences, mid-20th cent. Copy of a document, circa 1804, by John Pawson: "Thoughts Respecting the Conference". Transcribed by A. Rowlinson. An unbound article from the Wesleyan Methodist Magazine, circa 1863: "The Early Methodist Conferences". A page from an 1859/60 copy of
[The Watchman and Wesleyan Advertiser is currently stored in Smith Warehouse, Bay 11, Map Cabinet.]
Manuscript and printed minutes and notes of various Wesleyan Methodist conferences held in London, Bristol, and elsewhere.
"Licence for Rochdale [Lancaster] Methodist preaching House," 1770 Jan. 5. Contemporary copy.
Correspondence and certificates regarding various contributions to the Education Fund. Unrelated to these items, the Education folder also contains the pamphlet
RELATED MATERIAL: Many other letters on the Education Fund can be found in the Correspondence Series, Methodist Preachers Subseries.
Receipts (bills), receipts (recipes and remedies), materials about JW's interest in medicine and home remedies, and correspondence and case histories of three well-known doctors in 18th and 19th century England: Andrew Duncan, the elder (1744-1828); John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815); and Sir Walter Farquhar, (1738-1819). In addition to materials in the box list below, other Baker materials on the history of medicine can be found elsewhere in this or other collections in the Rubenstein Library.
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One letter, a portrait, clippings, and an interview with Dallenger (1842-1909), Wesleyan Methodist minister and micro-biologist. A copy of "The Young Man," circa 1894. Interview entitled:
Five letters from three physicians and a minister to Dr. John Lettsom (1744-1815), physician, philanthropist, and one of the founders of Medical Society of London. Two letters from Jonathan Stokes, 1792 and 1812, discuss new medical literature, including the Botanical Arrangement and new papers by a Dr. Pearce of Philadelphia. Dr. Vaughn of Leicester (1793), writes to Lettsom about a new disease which, in his experience, kills within 86 hours, and one of the symptoms of which are spasms of the diaphragm unlike any that occur with other known diseases; he posits that this is a disorder of the nervous system as opposed to one resulting from the circulatory fluids, and discusses some experimental treatments. Rev. John Rudd, Preston, writes to Dr. Lettsom in 1811, claiming that an instrument exists, housed in some of the country's palaces, which can revive persons apparently dead; he also mentions the Royal Humane Society, an organization formed in 1774 aimed at reanimating the dead, esp. those who died by drowning; he also refers Dr. Lettsom to others who know more about it and might be able to help further.
[ Provenance information and FB's purchase receipt included. The sixth letter mentioned in the catalog, from Thomas Coke to Lettsom, was previous separated by FB and can be found in the Correspondence Series, Thomas Coke Letters..]
Book cover has written on it two hand-written medicinal remedies, "A Receipt to Cure the [indistinguishable] Watter" and "For the Same Desorder[...]". Probably late-18th or early 19th century.
Also includes signed letter from Turrell, a physician and author of other books on electrotherapy; and notes by FB on the history of JW's interest in electricity and electrotherapy.
Preface to "Circle of the Sciences" (?), 1854. One folio.
"Winter Medicine Chest," information on liquorice as a medicine, undated. One page.
Typewritten notes from the formation of the Sheffield Microscopical Society. 2 pages.
Eight pages from "The Chemist and Druggist" 1903, including articles and advertisements.
RELATED MATERIAL: See also Volumes Series, Local Histories Subseries.
Clippings from
Includes notes, printed materials, and transcriptions--mainly by Riggall, supplemented by FB--on various topics, including "line-dissenters," lists of ministers and members, and a copy of
Correspondence, manuscript notes, scrapbooks, printed materials, and six early-19th century class schedules from the Liverpool area. Some materials are fragile and minimally processed.
Correspondence, manuscript notes, scrapbooks, printed materials, and six early-19th century class schedules from the Liverpool area. Some materials are fragile and minimally processed.
*** WHICH ONE? NOTE: Folder 5 in Ovsz. Box.
Variety of notes, printed materials, and engravings on the subject of lotteries. 18th century original materials include printed items on both English and Irish lottery tickets, an order for 50 tickets in 1747 (written and signed by the Bp. of London, a portrait of whom is also included), undated small engravings, and the engraving, "The Representation of the Drawing of the State-Lottery at Guildhall, 1763." Also included, a satirical cartoon series,
Minutes from five district meetings held in Manchester. Folder 1 contains various loose pages removed from the four pamphlets of the same dates to be found in Folder 2. All items appear to be original autograph minutes except for the pages from 1792, which are labeled as copies. Folder 3 contains printed items from various Manchester chapels, including music to be performed at various services, 1792, 1794, and 1826.
RELATED MATERIAL: for other items about Manchester local history, see Volumes Series, Local Histories, Manchester.
One manuscript item circa 1859 and two print items circa 1833 and 1898.
FB's correspondence and research related to Methodist portrait engravings. Materials include his index of his collection of engravings, a list of approximately 2000 18th and 19th century preachers. Also contains dealers' listings dating to the 1870s, and three notebook indexes apparently compiled by F. F. Bretherton in the early 1900s and passed on to FB.
RELATED MATERIAL: FB's collection of portrait engravings is housed in the Visual Materials Series, mainly in the People Subseries and Magazines Subseries.
Eight seat rent tickets from the 18th and 19th century, together with text from FB explaining the history of these items; some items mounted, possibly for an unspecified exhibit or class.
Three cheques (?), 1846-47, overwritten.
Two printed Plans for "Services and Meetings for the Banbury Circuit" re: Foreign Missions, 1905-6 (8 pages, stapled) and 1906-7 (tri-fold pamphlet).
Printed advertisement for "The Missionary Echo," 1908.
Manuscript sample of "the long-winded resolutions proposed and seconded at Wesleyan F[oreign] M[issions] Meetings a generation ago" (FB note).
Single loose page with a list of items (not present), including "An address at the formation of a Missionary Society in London by Dr. A. Clarke, Dec. 1, 1814."
Printed materials relating to the Centenary Celebration of the Methodist Missionary Society, 1913.
Manuscript item (1838) is a paper packet entitled "Anecdotes [concerning] The Rev John Wesley". Print item (1877) is entitled "John Wesley and Usury."
Contents include: currency, certificates, manuscript (original and transcribed) and printed material. Includes American Revolution era currency.
Artifact is the cover to a hymnal, containing inscription: "Joseph Steel is my name". Photocopies are of 18th century hymns originally bound into this book. Notes by FB explain that the hymns were copies rather than originals, and how and why he disbound the volume, but not the location of disbound hymns.
Sheet of printed music, 1742, entitled "Tunes Usually Sung at the Baptist"; sheet of printed music, 18th or 19th century; "Hymn Sheet: for use in Holiness and Christian Workers' Meetings," [pencil note: "in use during [eighteen?] eighties and nineties"]; other printed hymns and bookmark, 19th or early 20th century; and hymns by John Beaumont.
A printed certificate of membership for the Wesleyan Methodist Local Preachers' Mutual Aid Association. The notebook: A Local Preachers' Mutual Aid. "Bro. Spencers Contributions Book"; "The Wesleyan Local Preacher's Fund in the Seven Oaks Circuit."
Two autograph fragments, signed by James Fowler. One copy of an Ordination Certificate written and signed by Bishop Thomas Coke in 1798 for William Fowler. One print form certifying William Fowler as having taken the requisite oath as a dissenting minister, signed by Henry Selby.
Items found tipped or laid in to a
Artifact is a book cover, possibly signed by William Clowes. Print items are a membership card for the Primitive Methodist Church, circa 1909,and Quarterly Report Form for Hull Station. Also included, pamphlets of hymns to be sung at St. George's Road Sunday School Anniversaries, 1878-1883; "Questions to be answered by the Candidates for the Preachers' Plan," answered and signed by George Beaumont, 1920; "Statistics of the PM Connexion in the year 1839," handwritten; two blank "Seat-letting Cards" for Jubilee Primitive Methodist Church; letter to the PM Connexion on re: Book Room goods, 1860; Form for a loan from the PM Chapel Aid Association.
Printed minutes of the 17th, 20th, and 21st conferences, held at Lynn Regis in Norfolk, Bradford in Yorkshire, and Manchester, respectively.
Five items of music, circa 1893 and undated (likely late 19th and early to mid-20th century). Two clippings, circa 1951 and 1960
Plans for the Brigg and Alkbro branch of Hull Circuit, 1840-1841, and of the Whitby Circuit, 1843-1844 (2 items). Items appear to be later reprints of originals in the Frank Baker Collection of Methodist Circuit Plans.
Text cards from
Typed notes for a "service of song" celebrating "The Pioneers of Primitive Methodism". The format is a hymn, followed by a short section narrating the beginnings of Primitive Methodism, followed by another hymn, and another narrated section, etc.
Includes: manuscript copies, probably 19th century, of Bristol newspaper notes dating to 1740s and 1750s; and copies of covers of the Arminian Magazine, nos. 850-867, 1782-1783.
[ items transferred from the Wesley Works Archive, Bibliography Series.
Letter from Joah Mallinson, 1827 Dec. 25, regarding his unjust trial and expulsion from Wesleyan Methodism; accompanied by the Letter "To the Editors of the Leeds Mercury" from Mallinson and James Sigston (1827 Dec. 13), in which they defend themselves against Wesleyan Methodism. The controversy to which this refers is over placing an organ in Brunswick Chapel, Leeds -- those opposed were expelled from the connexion and started the Protestant Methodist Church.
Typed copy (4 pages) of
Copy 1, ALS by William McNichol on verso, addressed to Thomas Farmer, Esq., London, Aug. 2; Copy 2, Autograph address to Rev. J. Bunting, Chelsea, Aug. 1
Materials documenting to the history and sale of a Methodist chapel in Compton Dando, Somerset. Descendents of the original family apparently sent these documents, including the 1809 indenture, to FB in the 1950s.
[13 items, being transferred from Smith, are already described here.]
Correspondence, notes, printed materials, photographs, and other loose items removed from the endsheets of the volume "Records of Methodism in Sunderland," by B. A. Hurd Barley, housed in the Volumes Series, Local Histories Subseries. Most of these items appear to have been intended as additions to the latter portion of that history, which covers the entire 19th century.
--Five printed abstinence pledge cards, signed and fair copies, various sizes. 1851 card, approx. 8x11, is "Designed and Etched by George Cruikshank, Total Abstainer from All Intoxicating Liquors and Tobacco, 1852," with FB note added.
Three poems on Temperance [pencil note: from PM Magazine, 1832]
Small envelope with quotes about temperance.
Trade cards and handbills for a bookseller (1750), a draper (1836), and a tailor (undated); and 20th century manuscripts dealers' announcements.
Portraits--engravings of missionaries, ministers, and other church officials, 1820-1876 and undated
Items are as follows: One large document with engravings and photographs of the Presidents of the Wesleyan Conference from 1837 to 1899. One print item: "Alphabetic List of the Ninety Presidents of the Wesleyan Conference, 1791-1906". One print item: "Tabulated Biography of the Presidents of the Wesleyan Conference". One print item: "The Following are the Autographs of All the Presidents of the Wesleyan Conference from the Death of Wesley"; note states "from originals in the library of Geo. [Jas. ?] Stevenson, London."
Two manuscript documents giving the Society of Wesleyan Methodists the right to enlarge their chapel in the township of Churwell. Undated, but watermarked 1836.
A printed statistical report for the Wesleyan Sunday School Union, Liverpool, 1861. For more information, see Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files, Liverpool.
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Accounts/balances for Quarterly Meetings for Leek, Longmor, and Flash.
Describes missions and natives in the West Indies; discusses mixed public opinion about the Methodist missions in London and relates antagonism they face in Barbados, including an incident during which some Barbadians took a Methodist preacher captive; worries about the safety of the missionaries in the West Indies.
Contains engraved portraits, maps, landscapes, architectural renderings, and other subjects that portray many of the important people and places of 18th and 19th century England as the Wesleys and their contemporaries might have known them. Formats include engravings, wood-block prints, photographs, and plates removed from 20th century books and calendars. The
RELATED MATERIALS: In addition to materials housed in this series, several thousand other engravings can be found in: the Wesley Family Series, Wesley Family Portraits Subseries; Volumes Series, Albums and Scrapbooks Subseries; and the Methodist Class and Band Tickets Series.
[Duplicates have not been weeded in most subseries, but it should be noted that for many items published prior to about 1820, apparent duplicates may show the minute variations common to copperplate printing. This is especially true in the various portraits gathered under "People," where FB often penciled notes that label "copies" as A, B, C, etc. and indicated points where the printing plates began to wear down and lose definition during subsequent print runs.]
Prints vary in size by box, as follows: Boxes VM 1-4, stored upright, prints 7" x 9" or smaller; Boxes VM 5-6, stored flat, prints 11" x 14" or smaller; Box 7, stored flat, prints 16" x 20" or smaller.
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Six unique portraits, a silhouette, a clipping, and "Dr. Adam Clarke and the Priests of Budha from Ceylon" (VM 1). One portrait in Box VM 5 has a long engraved inscription, signed by Clarke.
Two engravings and one color lithograph.
Inscription: "General James Oglethorpe Died 30th June 1785 aged 102 said to be the oldest General in Europe__Sketch'd from Life at the sale of Dr Johnsons books Feby 18, 1785 where the Genl was reading a book he had purchas'd without spectacles__In 1706 he had an Ensigns commission in the Guards and remember'd to have shot snipes in Conduitmead where Conduit Street now stands" There is also a small newspaper clipping attached.
Engraved caption--four line poem by George Gordon, Lord Byron, in memory of White's early death.
Folder 2 contains the print, "The Rev'd Mr. Whitefield preaching at Leeds, 1749."
Individual portraits that depict Maxfield along with (apparently) his wife and 13 children. Penciled notes on verso summarize history of Maxfield, JW, and the Countess of Huntingdon.
Housed in several folders. Includes portraits of nobility, groups of people such as "Savoyards", 1795, unknown individuals, the surrender of Napoleon, and types such as a Spanish girl.
Subject: composite three-dimension portrait, achieved by individual portraits having been cut out and pasted to board, beginning with founder of Primitive Methodism, Hugh Bourne, as No. 1. Key is on separate board, though whether this is original or due to damage is unclear.
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Subject: Two almost identical versions of the same scene, labeled "Proof" and "First Class Proof, No. 295," in which approximately 100 men are meeting in large hall, as women (mainly) look on from galleries above. The latter, numbered image is slightly smaller, has captions in script rather than block letters, and adds a small bust of JW to center bottom margin.
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Groupings of portrait prints from various Methodist and other denominations' magazines, late 18th through early 20th centuries. Primarily prints from copper-plate and steel-plate engravings; a much smaller number of photographic prints from late-19th and early 20th-century magazines.
RELATED MATERIAL: Individual prints from all of these magazines appear at many other places in the collection. See especially the portraits of many of the more well-known figures in Methodist history, housed in the People Subseries above.
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Prints of engraved portraits from
RELATED MATERIAL: prints from both magazines appear at many other points in the collection, though especially in the Portraits Subseries, above, and in the Volumes Series, Albums and Scrapbooks Subseries.
Prints of photographic portraits from
Prints of engraved portraits from
RELATED MATERIAL: an album of prints from
Prints of photographic portraits from various magazines and other sources, mainly late 19th- through mid-20th century. Unarranged.
Collection of thirteen portraits, with Strong's notes, apparently for a planned biography of Methodist preachers; Joseph Sutcliffe's data and portrait include a long letter from Sutcliffe.
Prints of engraved portraits from
RELATED MATERIAL: prints from both magazines appear at many other points in the collection, though especially in the Portraits Subseries, above, and in the Volumes Series, Albums and Scrapbooks Subseries.
Approximately 250 maps, predominantly consisting of engraved prints from the 18th century. England is by far the most frequent geographical subject: its counties, cities, roads, canals, and islands are covered in great detail, beginning with one of earliest maps in the collection, the 1693 engraving of
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Engraved prints depicting the routes of existing and planned canals throughout mid-18th century England. Most of these prints originally appeared in various issues of
Two different engraved prints of Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, and Sark from
Six engraved printed maps (color and black-and-white) of Derby, Durham, Exeter, Hereford, Winchester, Worchester, to "accompany
Engraved printed maps of counties that originally appeared in
Four engraved printed maps of London, 1765-1777; one map drawn by FB of "Wesley's Spitalfields, from R. Horwood's Plan, 1799"; and miscellaneous notes and 20th century printed material.
Engraved maps depicting roads throughout mid-18th century England, though especially routes from London to other cities. Most of these prints originally appeared in various issues of
Maps of
Map of the world, with biblical images around all borders; at extreme eastern edge, reproduces 16th/17th century cartographic error of California depicted as an island. Dedication reads "To the most Reverend Father in God Gilbert Lord Arch Bishop of Canterbury His Grace Primate of all England and Metropolitan This Map is humbly Dedicated, by Joseph Moxon."
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Dedication reads: "To the Right Reverend Father in God Humphrey Lord Bishop of London this Mapp is humbly Dedicated by J. Moxon." Verso autograph inscription: "Elizabeth Stockes her hand and Pen December the 28 1790 Amen." Other notes on the verso show the calculation of various people's ages based on birth and death dates from 1695-1802.
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Also includes maps for Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Hartfordshire, Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Rutlandshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Surry, Warwickshire, Westmoreland, and Worcestershire.
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Color and black-and-white engraved maps, and one colored modern printed map, of various places around the world, generally from areas associated with the spread of Methodism in the 18th century. Extracted from
Bird's eye view of unknown area bounded by Oole and Itterby Roads, black and white.
Title sheet shows "The Arms of the Nobility and Gentry that have Subscrib'd for the Map." FB has added a diagram page that shows the seven sectional maps, on following sheets, in relation to the whole of Cornwall. Title page approx. 53" x 11"; maps approx. 28.5" x 21.5," w/one smaller.
Circa 45 maps, most of London, but also Edinburgh, Hull, Liverpool, Manchester, and other cities.
British ordnance map of Lincolnshire, adapted and retitled to indicate birthplaces and historical significance of, among others, JW, Richard Watson, and Robert Carr Brackenbury. A two-page typed narrative/explication has also been pasted in. On a separate sheet, approx. 12x36", is a detailed visual timeline, ca. 1900 of Methodism in Lincolnshire from its beginnings to about 1900, including the Grimsby, Hull and Lincoln Districts, with numers of members by circuit graphed in conjunction with the current minister.
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Colored map containing list of M.P.'s, including Sir Robert Walpole; prospect of Norwich; plan of Great Yarmouth; and index of towns and villages.
Large bound volume. Includes plan of University of Oxford.
Damage to item prevented close examination, but tentatively dated to 1693 based on two WorldCat records.
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Engraved prints of landscapes and architectural sites, mainly in England. Items in this subseries are pictorial only, not cartographic--maps are arranged in a separate subseries, above. These prints were collected from a variety of books, serials, and other unidentified publications, with one of the most frequent sources being
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Chiefly black and white engravings with scenes from Great Britain, but also some of France. Most are rural or coastal landscapes. Artists include Whistler, Dalgliesh, Burgess, Heselline, Huson, Law, Pennell, Edwards.
Chiefly engravings of ruins, castles, estates, churches, and landmarks across England, such as stone crosses and watering places. Also included is a painting of a scene.
Images on a variety of topics and in a variety of formats, including engravings, wood-block prints, photographs, and plates removed from 20th century books and calendars. Especially prominent topics include literary, Biblical, and mythical scenes; pastoral and animal scenes; and painted and photographic copies and reproductions of well-known 18th and 19th century artists. The William Hogarth satire,
Arranged in alphabetical order by artist, title, or category, with many unsorted small prints housed at the end of the subseries. Oversize prints (larger than 16"x20") are arranged in separate boxes and sequences at the end.
Color images of birds; "Wagler's Cassicus" and "Ruby Bird of Paradise" from Cassett's Book of Birds, and Paon mâle et femelle from "Oiseaux d'Europe."
Variety of colored prints. Topics include, among others:
Variety of b/w engravings and other prints. Includes a series of caricatures by Thomas Landseer in the shape of monkeys, with quotations from Shakespeare, Swift, and Dryden; and an undated, 19th c. series entitled "Bird's-Eye Views of Society." Other titles include:
Frontispiece to a book by R.P. Cornelio Cornelii, published in Antwerp.
Images of real and fictional women by Reynolds, Hoppner, and Opie and engraved by Bartolozzi, Ward, and J.R. Smith.
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Drawn and etched by George Cruikshank, Published by Longman & Co. Illustrations of the adventures of Falstaff including, among others: "Sir John Falstaff discovering that Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page have been making a fool of him," and "Sir John Falstaff thrown into the 'muddy ditch close by the Thames side'" from Acts. I, III, and V of The Merry Wives of Windsor in addition to the volume's frontispiece.
Drawn and etched by George Cruikshank, Published by Longman & Co. Illustrations of the adventures of Falstaff including, among others: "The last scene, in the life of Sir John Falstaff," and "Falstaff giving his account of the affair at Gadshill."
Color frontispiece print after original.
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Lithograph image of the Annunciation, likely after a Dutch Old Master painting.
Subject: the last scene of Henry IV printed in anticipation of the publication by S. W. Fores illustrating the play.
Images and text from December 27, 1884 and Summer 1885 editions of
Designed and engraved by William Hogarth. Satire of Methodism and Methodist preachers, including John Wesley and George Whitefield. Original release is only date on item, but heavy paper is more similar to early 19th century re-strikes.
Volume with autograph dedication by the author (George Hickes) to a Mr. James St. Amand.
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Includes: page of printed autograph samples of the Clifford Family; religious scenes; mythological scenes (including engraving of Brittania with lion).
Cartoon satirizing "the National Church and its Parties" in relation to various sects and heresies, including Low and High Church, Agnosticism, Darwinism, and many other groups and topics.
Includes: color images printed by Leighton Bros., color plates of country images, seasonal scenes, birds and insects from various unidentified sources.
Includes: color reproductions of British and Continental artworks after artists such as Josef Israels, George Frederic Watts, James Ward, and Frans Mieris.
Subject: view of a fortified city with individuals in the foreground. Short prescriptive texts inside include "Advocacy," "Procrastination Continued," etc. and short proverb entries for "April" and "May."
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Subjects include, among others: an allegory of charity, Triton, Joseph.
Subjects include, among others: a gypsy woman, children playing marbles, allegorical depictions of "Faith" and "Hope."
Includes group of small prints by R. Seymour, with scenes from Christmas events, a christening dinner, street scenes, and other social scenes and portraits of individual types. Also a colored engraving portraying an African dance, "Singular Custom of the Ashantees during the Annual Yam Feast," 1828.
Text, two quatrains on "Gold" and "Virtue," set amid illustrations of trees, birds, flowers in vases, etc. Embroidered inscription: "I have done this that you may see,/what care my parents took of me. Ann Hewson, Her Sampler done in the 10th year of her Age 1814." Notes on back about Hewsons: "probably Primitive Methodists, of Holton-on[?]-Clay."
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Includes
Small subseries houses albumen prints, panoramic photographs, modern black-and white prints, and glass plate negatives. Images portray individuals, churches, and scenes from Europe and the Americas.
Studio was established in Hull, England in 1878.
Photograph album, received disbound, probably compiled by F. F. Bretherton and given to FB. Bretherton, according to a news clipping,was the Secretary of the Wesley Historical Society. Contains 41 pasted-in photographs: group portraits of house parties, estate grounds, country houses, and small head-shots of individuals, chiefly women. Place-names include Holkham Hall, Poulton, Norfolk; Leckhampton Court, North Cheltenham; Elton Hall, Peterborough; Shane's Castle, Antrim; Howth Castle, County Dublin; Castle Boro, Enniscorthy; Powerscourt, Enniskerry; and Patshull House, Wolverhampton. Typically each page is dedicated to an estate and a house party, with a list of participants and an array of related photos; one includes a pasted-in tally of a shooting party. Also contains some letters, news clippings on Methodist and Wesley family history, clippings on weddings and deaths, and other manuscript items, received in the same binder.
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RELATED MATERIAL: This may be an image of either the engraving
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Tightly rolled, panoramic photographs, b/w.
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Small collection of three-dimensional objects, personal effects, and memorabilia. Items of like provenance are kept together in labeled containers, but grouped by genre categories.
RELATED MATERIAL: Frank Baker's main gift of Wesley artifacts and realia is held in the Divinity School Library at Duke University.
Fragments of disbound books, generally with owner autographs and/or manuscript fragments such as outlines of book contents, bible verses, and other brief notes.
Leaves and stems in mailing envelope, unidentified, though possibly from pear tree, undated.
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(1) Cross-section of tree, approx. 4" diameter and 3" thick, with carved text "Pear Tree Planted by Wesley at Old King's Wood," undated; (2) Leaves from tree beneath which JW preached his last outdoor sermon, 1790 (in large envelope with its own smaller envelope)
The dove ringed by a serpent, a motif found throughout the Chapel, was designed by JW based on Matt. 10:16, "Be as wise as a serpent and as gentle as a dove." Inscription on back: "John Wesley's Chapel City Road, London England, 1778-1978" with a signature by "Hb Elston."
One contains text describing a loan and the other has the façade of a building. Both are very deteriorated.
Miscellaneous objects of unidentified origin or meaning, including a piece of chalk, a wooden pin (or stake?), and other items. Also, five sampler texts and embroidered artifacts, undated, early 20th century.
Poetry, sermons, lectures, historical research, and other writings and addresses by various authors. Arranged in alphabetical order by author, with anonymous works listed at the end of the series in chronological order. Closely related to this series are the bound materials to be found in the Volumes Series, Writings and Addresses Subseries.
Contains
Correspondence, meeting minutes, printed material, research notes, and original source documents for a proposed multi-volume history of British Methodism. A note added by FB in 1990 explains that he originally gathered many of these materials in the 1950s in preparation for his work on "Documents and Bibliography," to be the fourth volume of what he generally refers to as "the New History" (n.b., many materials here indicate this was projected as volume III, not IV). When he moved to the United States in 1960, his role was taken up by John Vickers. The project was never published under its original name. In its stead there eventually appeared the somewhat differently-conceived
The documents that FB himself collected, however, remained in his own files and eventually came to the library in various accessions of the
In addition to the list below, these three items were separated and cataloged as monographs with Special Collections:
Research notes and transcriptions on approximately ninety topics. Major categories include: charities; circuits (accounts, finances, and plans); class meetings; day schools (Wesleyan); education; entire sanctification; Great Queen Street Chapel, London; hymn singing; local preachers; London West Circuit; newspapers; overseas missions; preachers' licences; preaching houses; private Methodist schools; Sunday schools; superintendent ministers; tracts and distribution; trustees' power; and villages.
Includes two typed FB transcriptions of letters from Thomas Coke, source "MMS Home C box 1," 1809 Oct. 2-3, Liverpool. Also, a third transciption unattributed to Coke but on similar topics and from same source, dated 1809 Oct. 10, Manchester.
NOTE: There is only one folder of this group in Box WA1. Six others are oversize and are located in Box WA 6.
Contains an Oath of Allegiance, and Oath of Supremacy, a Declaration Against Popery, and a Declaration of Christian Faith.
Appears to discuss salvation, how Christ saves, and the condition of lost souls.
Undated and unsigned manuscript sermon notes on verso of printed page dated 1828. Penciled note by FB attributes to John Davis; for possibly related notes, see Davis entry in Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files.
A request for the sacrament to be administered at Shoreham from J. Lewis; also signed "The above request is granted. E. Grindrod." circa 7 August, 1837
Penciled note by FB states "in hand of George Marsden"; also "? Thos. Jackson".
Signed by Jacob Stanley, President; written in a different hand.
Letter from the Wesleyan Conference to William Swallow. Signed by G. Osborn(?) and J.(?) Morley Punshon. Written and signed by J. Wiston.
From (?) Smallwood to Rev. S. Simpson. Written on the verso side of a print program for a church service at the Wesleyan Chapel, Bilston, the concluding sermon of which was preached by Rev. Simpson. Engraving of the Wesleyan Chapel at Bilston on the verso of the second page.
Autograph note, signed, by P. Simon. FB pencil note: Dr. Beet's Case.
A leaf memorializing JW from
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One side contains a rough draft of an address to King George III, the other notes on a debate over whether or not to approach the King.
An autograph oath swearing that a "Protestant Dissenter," William Stevens, abjures certain tenents of Catholicism. In the first paragraph, where George III is described, "France" is crossed off of the list of countries over which he claims sovreignty.
A letter from T.C. Ingle to J.E. Coulson. Written in a corner of a printed broadside, "The Stations of the Preachers, The Connexion Established by the Late Rev. John Wesley, A.M., at their Ninety-Ninth Annual Conference..." circa 1842.
Signed by Bradley Mart (Treasurer), Isaac Harding (Superintendent), and George Taylor (Chairman of the District).
Includes provenance from Rev. E.C. Elliott, Lancaster Road Methodist Church, circa 18 November, 1958.
Annotated by Morley Punshon. Printed list of 146 candidates, with Punshon's autograph comments on each regarding appearance, character, and qualifications. Also included: FB correspondence with Rev. J. Dalby circa 1956 regarding origin and provenance.
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Baker's typewritten transcription of an 1821 handwritten transcription of Batty's history and collection of documents about Benjamin Ingham and the Inghamites. Batty's manuscript covers the years 1735-1756. Approximately 70 single-spaced typewritten pages.
Photocopies of Ann Bolton's journal, 1760-1790s, and letters to JW, 1772-1783.
Title from first line; the author, a Methodist preacher in Sheffield, recounts the story of a Methodist who backslid (by marrying a Papist), giving himself "up to all kinds of abominations," before being seized by the Almighty and reconverted.
Photocopied manuscript of the sermon outlines of Thomas Coleman, an early Wesleyan minister. Folder 1 contains provenance data for the original, including correspondence between FB and George A. Snyder, the owner of the manuscript as of 1974. Based on a brief search of WorldCat, the manuscript may still be privately held as of 2011.
Loose items removed from "The Diary of Henry Crooke"--see Volumes Series, Writings and Addresses. Photocopy of two pages of original manuscript; three pages of additional notes on Crooke by R. Wood, 1954.
Three autograph letters, 1836-1839, and one undated set of notes by William "Billy" Dawson (17YY-1841). The notes are a partial draft of a biography of a man, identity undetermined, who met JW. Also included is an 1849 letter by another William Dawson, whose relation to the elder Dawson is unclear.
RELATED MATERIAL: see also the sermons book by William or Anthony Dawson in the Volumes Series, Writings and Addresses.
Correspondence with Withers and Brooks regarding Hall, 1940s. Includes clippings, a poem by Hall, and discussion of a Wesley portrait. Provenance: Bretherton
Anonymous manuscript sermon or essay on the parable from Luke 13:6. A penciled note may attribute it to Edward Hare.
Eight page manuscript sermon(s) on three sheets, found enfolded within one sheet of paper; this wrapper was labeled with title stated above by another hand at some later date and constitutes the only provenance documentation. Other contents about Henry include undated clipping from original wrapper and one sheet of notes by FB, 1989; neither item refers to the 1694 manuscript.
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Three manuscript documents by Alexander Kilham , who split from the Wesleyans in the 1790s to form the Methodist New Connexion. All with pencil endorsement "A. Kilham" (probably by FB).
Unpublished autobiography and diaries of Lea, a Primitive Methodist preacher in various English circuits from 1820-1870. This typescript, circa 150 pp., was sent to Baker in 1959 by Lea's great-granddaughter, Sheila Gibbs, Penarth.
Extensive handwritten transcription by FB of portions of diary, circa 260 pages, of Samuel Roberts of Norwich. Roberts's narrative apparently focuses on how he was "led on in a fals path" by the "doctrin of Mr. John Westlay for 16 years," circa 1744-1760. Although date and place of FB's transcription not given, notes indicate original was held in personal collection of John Walsh, Oxford.
Sermon notes on passages of scripture: 5 items re: "Birth" [of Christ]; 7 items re: "Death" [of Christ]; and 7 items uncategorized.
Autobiography of Silcock, described herein as a "schoolmaster of North Meots" born in Lancashire in 1758; narrative stops in 1809. Provenance unestablished; title page of this 11 page typescript describes it as a "copy of the manuscript in possession of Miss Webb, Westminster Bank, 1 Stratford Place, Marylebone, W. 1."
A notebook beginning "Portraits of persons connected with Early Methodism wanted by Geo. Stampe, also letters in their autograph."; and loosed poems and notes removed from a poetry notebook--see Volumes Series, Writings and Addresses.
Anonymous works, listed in chronological order.
Inside: Last Will and Testament parchment[?], eight bound pages.
Extensive handwritten transcriptions of articles, letters to the editor, advertisements, and other items that appeared in various Bristol newspapers from 1743-1777. Includes four letters from JW and other material responding to his writings, especially in regard to the American Revolution. Approximately 250 loose manuscript pages, in three groups described below.
Handwritten transcriptions from several Bristol newspapers (the Bristol Oracle, the
Handwritten transcriptions of letters to the editor of a publication identified only as "B.I.," presumably the Bristol Intelligencer. The letters debate the legality and justness of the American Revolution, including much discussion of the Americans' grievance "no taxation without representation" and whether this is a legally justifiable complaint in light of the Magna Carta, the colonies' charters, the policy of England in its other colonies, etc. The first letter in the exchange, a rebuttal of JW's "A Calm Address to the American Colonies," is by a writer very much in favor of the American Revolution and very hostile to Wesley. In the course of the debate Wesley himself writes twice to answer his critics, once on 1775 Nov. 25 and again on 1775 Dec. 2. The debate on America continues in subsequent letters by other writers, though with fewer references to Wesley's positions. 78 pages.
19th century transcription of a printed pamphlet written by John Wesley and published in 1748. Although found separately from the two items above, an unsigned note from FB indicates that he thought these pages may have been the product of the same, unidentified 19th century transcriber. The poem "A Prayer for King George" begins on p. 24, breaks off, and then begins again on the following pages.
FB's description: A demonstration of the the deep piety and emphasis upon 'dying well' which carried over in some ways from Wesley's Methodism to Victorian Methodism." In copperplate script, bound.
Untitled and unsigned lecture, or series of lectures, on 19th-century Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Possibly in the hand of F. F. Bretherton, which would date manuscript to early 20th century.
About eighteen poems, songs, or prayers, including: "The Man of Fashion, by the Revd. Charles Wesley"; "Lines to the Memory of the Revd. John Wesley, by E. Solomon"; "An account of the last illness and happy death of John Pawson, extracted from a letter by his Mother to his Grandmother"; "Reminiscence," by Jas. Montgomery, Esq.; and sonnets, acrostics, and other short poems.
Arranged in the following subseries:
Letterbooks containing approximately 2000 letters, dated from circa 1760-1950. Most items fall in the 19th century.
Contains approximately 150 letters and a like number of engravings and ephemera, this volume contains some of the oldest correspondence of any letter-book in the collection. Highlights include original letters from Sarah Wesley and her brothers Charles and Samuel, Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Joseph Benson, Adam Clarke, Thomas Coke, Alexander Mather, and many other important figures in the early history of Methodism. A fairly full transcript exists, done by FB in the late 1940s (prior to his later purchase of the album). [Note: This and the following album are also referred to as the Cole/Kirkby albums in some of FB's notes.]
Very similar to Letterbook WP I above, though smaller and in poorer condition. Contains letters from many Presidents of the Wesleyan Conference from the first half of the 19th century. No transcript exists.
The first of five scrapbooks compiled by David Simpson (1745-1799) and, more accurately, his descendants, especially Samuel Simpson. The latter is also the primary recipient of many of the later and shorter letters, especially in Volumes A and B. All five letterbooks contain approximately 1050 letters dating from 1799-1886. A and B are dated somewhat later than the other albums. A full index of this volume, completed by John Vickers in 1987, is available in Research Services.
Very similar to Simpson A, described above. A full index of this volume, completed by John Vickers in 1987, is available in Research Services.
Discovered in 2010, Letterbook Simpson C contains letters that are considerably older than those in A and B, and from more prominent figures in Methodist history. Included here are letters from such early figures as Adam Clarke, Isaac Clayton, Alexander Mather, and Theophilus Lessey.
Letterbook Simpson D is both the largest and, at present, least-indexed of the Simpson volumes. Some of the longer (and physically frailer) letters have been examined, however, and include a number of long letters from missionaries in India (D:388, Alfred Levell, India, to Eliza (sister), 1859 Nov. 7), New Zealand (D:391, W. Lowry, Auckland, to ??, 1844 Dec. 19). Also to be found here is long letter from 1803 in which the writer, John Dean, describes the current fears of a French invasion (D:153).
Similar to Simpson D, above, in chronological coverage and physical extent. Among the longer letters here E:202, Joseph Simpson to Theophilus Pugh, 1861 July 8, in which Simpson describes an interview he had many years earlier with Elizabeth Mortimer, shortly before her death (see Correspondence Series, Elizabeth (Ritchie) Mortimer Letters). Also to be found here is a long and early letter from a missionary in Honduras (E:292).
Inside cover contains penciled note "some good literary and evangelical autographs," possibly in FB's hand. Contains approximate 45 full length letters, only a few of which have been identified, including autograph letters (not yet authenticated) by the writers Sir Walter Scott, Thomas Hood, Hannah More, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The evangelical letters have not been identified. Album also contains several dozen engravings and numerous shorter autograph notes. 100 pages, of which some 30-40 are blank.
Untitled volume--title assigned by archivist. Not about Hull, but perhaps written and compiled at various meetings in Hull over the course of 15 to 20 years, as most entries mention Hull addresses as the location of the writer. Autograph entries in many hands by Wesleyan ministers and, in particular, a high proportion of missionaries. The latter often refer to their postings in some way: Henry Bleby's 1851 entry details the history of Coke Chapel, founded in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1792 ; Benjamin Clough, missionary to Ceylon, records the Lord's Prayer in Singhalese; and other entries include one entitled "Pity Poor Africa!" and a Bible verse written in Chippewha. Entries are inscribed on the pages, but also glued and tipped in; portrait engravings of the writers are laid in. Circa 100 pages; not examined closely due to volume's fragility.
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Documentation FB provided with this gift in the 1970s stated that these mid-19th century copies are the earliest-known sources for many of these letters. Since this has not been verified against more recent scholarship and the album contains some thirty letters of John Wesley, a full index is provided below; index compiled by John Vickers in 1987, in order by page number.
Letterbook and scrapbook compiled by historian and Wesleyan President George Osborn. Many letters on Wesleyan Reform Movement; also Methodist Recorder series of Book Room Letters by the Wesleys, eminent Methodist women, etc. Circa 150 pages; volume not examined closely yet due to its fragile condition.
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Church account and roll books, circuit schedules, year-by-year histories and journals of various chapels, meeting minutes, Sunday School rolls, and a variety of other records of churches and circuits in Barnsley, Burnley, Hull, Leeds, Lincolnshire, Sunderland, and other areas of England. Wesleyan Methodist and Primitive Methodist churches are both represented in the collection. Arranged alphabetically by community, circuit name, or county.
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"Established 27th Nov. 1803." Account book covering 85 years of expenditures for the Sunday School. Circa 100 pages.
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Volume containing financial records primarily, but also including minutes and resolutions pertaining to quarterly meetings of the Barnsley Circuit. Circa 250 pp.
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Lists members of classes by place. The letters LP (local minister) and AL (Assistant leader) appear by appropriate class members' names. Printed instructions on each page specify to record "dead...removed, fallen, left, or ?, as the case may be" beside names as needed. 190 pp.
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Volume listing information about the Barnsley Circuit of the P.M. (Primitive Methodist) Connexion. Lists names of the various places where classes met in the circuit and names of members in each class. 190 pp.
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Notes on income and expenditures with notes on missionary fund, especially the African Fund. Circa 160 pp.
Account book and journal of the construction Wesleyan Chapel at Bexhill, including several news clippings about it and subscription lists of donors. Circa 30 pages.
Includes correspondence, letter fragments, and other material related to Wesley Chapel, Burnley.
Volume containing printed questionnaires that have the answers written in by hand about different chapels in various Methodist Church circuits in Great Britain. Includes information about each chapel's administrative, physical, and financial conditions as well as their Sabbath schools. Circa 300-400 pages--not examined closely due to item's fragility.
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Minutes kept on resolutions made by the Hull Circuit. Circa 200 pages--not examined closely due to item's fragility.
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From cover: "Copy of financial details (and accomodation) from Chapel Schedules." Content extends to 1867, not 1868 as noted on cover. Circa 50 pages of records for various circuits in Hull. Starting from back cover, volume is labeled "A list of deceased Trustees"--this contains only one partial page of names on the inside. Remainder of volume is blank.
Circuit accounts and miscellaneous volumes from Leeds and nearby communities.
First and second Circuit Steward's Book for the Leeds Circuit, monies received and disbursed. Anonymous transcription, 1906, does not identify source of original. Among many other names, JW and John Pawson mentioned several times as being reimbursed.
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Arithmetic book and possible account book of William Goldsworth, identified as living in Wortley, Near Leeds. Much of the book lists items purchased and monies received, though it is unclear whether these were Goldsworth's personal expenses or the accounts for a Methodist church or circuit.
A variety of original manuscript volumes, transcribed volumes, clippings, correspondence, and research. Most of the work appears to have been compiled and transcribed by Marmaduke Riggall circa 1900-1925, then passed along to FB by way of the Wesley Historical Society or F. F. Bretherton. Also includes an inventory, perhaps compiled by Riggall and updated by FB in the 1960s, though not all items on the list have been foundArranged in two boxes as Volumes and Folders.
RELATED MATERIAL: Volumes only are housed in this box. For loose materials, see Subjects Files, Lincolnshire.
Rules and Regulations of the Association of Yarborough; notes on court cases, 1820-1834; and a list of rules and regulations for persons convicted of felonies and misdemeanors.
Inside cover refers to Norton as serving a congregation at Louthe from 1847-1850; contributions have been added in pencil, apparently at the distribution of tickets.
Hardbound volume with clippings glued in, detailing the history of the chapel. Clippings appear to be from the
RELATED MATERIAL: other materials on church history in Manchester can be found in the Subject Files, Manchester.
A year-by-year chronology of Methodism in 19th century Sunderland. Two pages are allotted to each year, with notes in recurrent categories such as Ministers, Candidates for Ministry, Circuit Finance, and many others. Many entries include quotes from various Methodist authors, which comment in some way on events of the year; printed items tipped in to numerous pages.
RELATED MATERIAL: Loose materials, almost entirely from the final endpapers, were removed to the Subjects Series, Sunderland history.
Roughly divided in two series: autograph books, and albums and scrapbooks. The latter house many hundreds of engravings, photographs, letters, printed materials, and other items. Autograph books generally date from the mid-19th century and chiefly consist of autographs of Wesleyan Methodist ministers and church officials. Some books are more specific in focus, such as collections of autographs of attendees at specific conferences, or others that focus on missionaries. Each album is described in detail below.
Scrapbook of autographs of Wesleyan ministers, mainly on small scraps of paper or very short notes. Among others, short notes by Thomas Coke, Jabez Bunting, and Thomas Vasey appear. Later items are often addressed to a Rev. F. Barker, perhaps the compiler. Circa 400 autograph pieces mounted.
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Autographs inscribed directly in album by various ministers, usually following a short verse or quote. Frequent locations include Bedford, Huddersfield, and Liverpool. Circa 80 entries.
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Autographs of mostly unidentified people, other than Wesleyan Methodist minister Edmund Grindrod. Most entries have been clipped from letters and glued in, but a few are inscribed on the pages, usually following short poems. Also several pencil sketches of landscapes and buildings, including Sir Thomas More's house and the ruins of Newark Priory.
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Oversize album containing various autographs, all from 1890, in the first 15 pages; the remaining 65 pages are blank.
Autographs of many Wesleyan Methodist missionaries, inscribed directly in the book. Most indicate the locations of their missions, which include many places in the West Indies, India, and Africa (especially Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast). Most appear to have signed the book while in London (whether before, after, or in between missions).
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Contains many short verses and literary and religious quotes, followed by autographs. Also contains drawings, pressed flowers, and pages of Methodist ministers' autographs. Compiler undetermined; provenance may be via F. F. Bretherton, who penciled an addendum to one entry.
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Appears to be autographs from people associated with the Wesleyan Conference at Liverpool.
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Compiled by a minister on the Bramley circuit in the 1850s. Correspondence, clippings, engravings, and printed material, including: letters from missionaries to South Africa, 1820s; portrait sections of several pages each on the Wesleys, John Fletcher, and the women of Methodism; circuit plans of Leeds, 1802, and Bramley, 1855; and two long letters to Joseph Benson, 1780s, from Miles Atkinson, a minister in Leeds. An index of letters appears at the beginning.
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Processor-assigned title. Scrapbook of clippings, engravings, and printed material; contents mainly devoted to period circa 1860-1900, although certain undated engravings are undoubtedly older than 1824, the earliest cited date. Opens with reproduction of engraving of George Whitefield preaching to crowd at Moorefield (see also Visual Materials Series, People Subseries). Album ends with folded broadside item in endpapers, "Ross's Telescope of Wesleyan Methodism in England, from JW's death, 1791, to 1900."
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Inscribed "Rev. Jabez Palmer" on inside front cover. Palmer was a Methodist preacher stationed in the Dundee Circuit in the 1850s, according to internal evidence. Volume mainly composed of small engravings and clippings of people and places in England and Scotland. Near the end, several pages of autograph manuscripts may pertain to Palmer's parents: a long letter describing the death of a Mrs. Palmer in the 1830s, and a biography of a Thomas Palmer born in the 1780s. Approximately 110 pages, 40 blank.
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Processor-assigned title. Scrapbook of approximately 600 engraved prints, mainly glued in. Engravings feature British landscapes, architecture, and portraits of historical and literary figures. On many pages an inscribed gloss in the margins narrates the historical context of certain events or provides esthetic commentary on the architecture. A full index appears on the unnumbered pages at the end. Engravings date mainly from late 18th to very early 19th century, with the latest item depicting an event of 1847. When the scrapbook was begun and by whom is undetermined.
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Portraits album, mainly 19th century engravings of Wesleyan Methodist presidents and preachers. Wesley Family engravings appear towards the end, also an unfamiliar engraving of George Whitefield. The 1620 item, probably a later reproduction of a portrait of Luther's parents, is accompanied by a mounted clipping explaining the image's history. Several items dated to the 1790s and early 1800s are the original engravings, but the bulk of the items come from later in 19th century. Approximately 200 engravings. Accompanied by full index keyed to page numbers. Spine labeled as "Portraits A" and "2 v.," but no second volume has been located. Bound in red board, illustrated by heraldry on front cover.
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Inside front cover describes album as "newspaper cuttings" about this conference, "arranged by the Pastor of Sunderland." The clippings do mainly cover the conference, but also recap earlier Methodist history. Provenance: F. F. Bretherton.
Album of engraved portraits from
RELATED MATERIAL: loose prints from
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Album of engraved and photographic portraits from
Title from inside page. Portrait engravings, glued or tipped in, of British religious and literary figures, mainly of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Engravings date to late 1700s-early 1800s; many originally appeared in the
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Photographs of people and places associated with Methodism in Australia and New Zealand. Stamped "J.S.S." in gild on front cover. Correspondence and extensive descriptive notes by FB, 1991, indicate that he at one time contemplated disassembling album and offering photographs to archives in Australia and New Zealand. Circa 147 photographs, with final five leaves being empty, and two items of correspondence and notes.
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Large group of manuscript volumes that include theological essays, letterbooks, copybooks, diaries and travel journals, collections of hymns, memoirs, poems, and other written works, both published and unpublished. Each volume is described fully in the entries below. Arranged in order by author's last name; followed by anonymous works, generally in chronological order.
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Manuscript volume containing religious essay about the requirements of a worthy communicant, citing various Bible passages on the subject. Inscription on front endpapers, "The Most Noble Henry Duke of Beaufort 1705," may indicate ownership only, not authorship.
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Manuscript collection of twenty-three poems, attributed as unpublished and written circa 1719, bound by James Everett in 1825. Everett added an introduction explaining the volume's history and an afterword discussing the poems, especially the first, "Lamentation for the Loss of Mrs. John Bentley," which is attributed to Matthew Prior by Everett, James Montgomery (who gave the volume to Everett), and internal references. Authors of other poems are usually mentioned by surname only, including Brownsmith, Drake, Harcourt, Lehunt, Mason, Pegge, Rothery, Rowe, and Taylor. Most names are followed by a note indicating their affiliation with St. John's College (presumably Cambridge, not Oxford). The claim that the poems were unpublished is at least partly inaccurate--several had been published well before Everett's time, though possibly with altered content, titles, and misattribution, which may have prevented their discovery. Four examples follow. Poem no. 14,
Journal and letter book of Robert Farquhar, brother of the physician Sir Walter Farquhar (1738-1819). Mainly a record of Robert's trip to India, for which he sails from London on April 8, 1775. Contains many details of his journey, for which he records position and distance sailed each day, and several letters, including letters of introduction for Robert and several from his brother Walter. The latter contain much advice on many matters: how to conduct himself with his betters, how to make friends, and specific medical advice for various diseases, often stressing the value of vomit, among other things. Places traveled to include London, France, the Cape of Good Hope, Madras, Calcutta, and Nagpore. A typewritten note by FB provides more extensive description of this volume.
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Hymns composed by Henry Flesher. All identification is from notes penciled on the volume by FB, as follows: from an added paper binder: "Henry Flesher's MS Hymn book"; from the final page of the volume: "From end of vol. which included Thomas Taylor's 'Word of God...' 1776, at end of which, in same hand, is written 'Henry Flesher's Book of 1778' Cf. his music in Wesley 'Hymns for the Nativity' 1764." No other information about Flesher or the volume has been found. It contains hymns 5-48 on 92 pages; the first four hymns are missing, and the texts for the 47th and 48th are set to music, by F. Moore.
Other materials: three other manuscript items were found with this volume, although their relation to it is uncertain. All three are written in the same hand, which appears different from Flesher's. Each is the contents page of different volumes of sermons. Two list sermons first delivered between circa 1707-1721; the third lists twenty-eight sermons, their Biblical texts, and their authors.
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Unpublished essay by theological writer Anthony Fothergill (1685/6-1761), father to the physician of the same name. Essay's main thesis criticizes Methodists for stressing doctrine of original sin in a manner similar to that of the Catholic Church, in particular the Jesuits. Dating on title page in another hand--apparently by another son, William, also his executor, William--indicates that Fothergill had intended the essay be published. 47 pp.
Bound manuscript: On the inside page, "A Sketch of My Labours for 50 Years in the Primitive Methodist Ministry." One bound manuscript, a typed transcription found separately, and FB's provenance and notes. Kirkland describes one station per paragraph, mainly in Cheshire and Lancashire.
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Letter book and commonplace book of James Rogers (1749-1807), itinerant minister and husband of Methodist writer Hester (Roe) Rogers. Collection of copied letters, documents, poems, notes on Scripture, and spiritual experiences, including dreams. Initial pages missing; numbered entries, usually several pages each, begin with 8. In his notes FB had begun describing the content of some specific entries of importance, including: 11. Dublin Society Book, March 29, 1771, inserted by desire of Wesley, giving rules and power to Leaders of Society; 13. "Rules made for and subscribed to by our Brethren the Local-Preachers, Exhorters, and all who are called to pray in public in the Methodist Society in Dublin." James Rogers, C. Peacock, Dublin, Dec. 5, 1785, with names of those agreeing; and 27 (noted by FB as "LONG AND IMPORTANT LETTER"), Thomas Coke to Easton, Nov. 17, 1779, re charge of Arianism against Samuel Bradburn, (denied in letter, given), John Hampson; also letter from Joseph Benson, apparently guilty, signed Rogers, Feb. 7, 1780. The volume concludes with a poem written on the death of Hester Rogers, "Stanzas inscribed to the memory of Mrs. H. A. Rogers, by Mrs. Miller, daughter of Mr. Thomas Taylor, 1795."
RELATED MATERIAL: See also Correspondence Series, Hester Ann (Roe) Rogers Letters and Journal.
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Hymns composed by Rev. Matthew Wilks, (1749-1829), apparently the same who was a preacher at Moorfields and a founder of the London Missionary Society. Approximately 45 hymns, presented in order of their Biblical texts.
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Typed transcripts of extracts from the "Diary of Henry Crooke," Curate of Hunslet and Vicar of Kippax. Crooke records happenings with his parishioners, local events around Leeds, and alludes to his encounters with various Methodist ministers, including JW and George Whitefield. Diary preceded in volume by typed transcriptions of the letters of John Newton, Liverpool, and James Armitage, both also mentioned in Crooke's diary several times. Provenance: gift of FB in 1991, but unclear when this transcription was made or where original is located; described in transcript as "property of A.W. Clark, Esq., of Beatson Clark and Co., Rotherdam."
RELATED MATERIAL: loose items were removed to a folder in the Writings and Addresses Series.
Crowther mainly discusses Wesleyan Conferences from 1800-1805, describing where they occurred and topics of discussion. Focuses on the practice of circuits requesting certain preachers, and how he feels that is inappropriate. Interesting anecdotes include the expulsion of a Mr. Cook from the Conference and the subsequent counter-preaching that occurred in Rockdale in 1800; and the suicide of Mr. Bradford in 1808.
Following Crowther's own handwritten account, R. Worchester details the rest of Crowther's life, including his marriage, appointments, and death in 1824. Following his biography are handwritten excerpts copied from various sources, such as letters, monument inscriptions, eulogies, and other biographies.
Biography (author unknown) of Rev. Joseph Entwisle (1767-1841). Entwisle contacted Wesley in 1784 (reproduction of Wesley's letter included) about becoming a Methodist preacher and served for 51 years. The biography details mainly places he was stationed (including Northhampton, Leeds, Hull, Bradford, Birmingham, and Bath) and major events in his life. Following the death of his sons in 1830 and 1831, Entwisle retired, then later suffered a stroke in 1841. The biographer includes excerpts from Entwisle's journal for successive years on his birthday, and concludes with his death in 1841.
Sixteen sermons, by either William Dawson (d. 1841) or Anthony Dawson (fl. 1870s-1880s). Date of original text is uncertain, but later notes penciled at end of each sermon imply they were delivered repeatedly in various places and at various times from 1828-1858. On interior cover, inscribed by both Anthony and William Dawson. A card tipped in gives the dates of baptism, confirmation, and first communion for Anthony Dawson, 1870-1889. Circa 300 pp.
RELATED MATERIAL: see also the writings and letters by William "Billy" Dawson the Writings and Addresses Series.
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Letters, poems, hymns, and cards of Francis (Fanny) Ridley Havergal (1835-1879), Worcestershire. Contains a few autograph letters from Havergal, her sister Maria, and their father, W. H. Havergal. There is also a hymn whose music is attributed to her. Most items are printed cards for which she selected texts. Volume has no provenance or obvious connection to Baker collections.
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Lectures on Methodist history and missions by Benjamin Hellier (circa 1825-1888), Governor of Headingley College. Possibly the notebook of W. E. Fletcher, whose name is inscribed on the title page. Seventeen numbered lectures cover JW's life and ancestry in some detail, his years at Oxford and in Georgia, his experience at Aldersgate, his relationship with George Whitefield, and Methodism's relationship to the Church of England. Three unnumbered lectures at end of the volume take up early Methodist missions, including discussions of the Gilbert family in the West Indies and Methodism in America and Canada.
Neither item is a holograph manuscript, and neither was originally attributed to Ingham. The "Diary," written almost entirely in shorthand, is a bound microfilm printout of the original, held at the John Rylands University, and entitled as "Diary of James Hervey." It was identified as the diary of Ingham only in the 1960s by Richard P. Heitzenrater, and is the item that helped him begin to decipher the Wesley brothers' shorthand system. The second item, a sermon on Ezekiel 18:21-23, is a printed item that has either been extracted from a larger source or, if whole, has had its cover and all front matter removed. A penciled note on the first page, probably in FB's hand, states "Not Wesley. Ingham [2 or 3 indecipherable words] 1738]." Diary is approximately 200 pages; sermon is 20 pages, concluded by a two-page "Hymn," unattributed.
RELATED MATERIAL: the file on Ingham in the Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files, may contain further information about the sermon/essay.
Three manuscript volumes in same hand, unsigned and of unknown provenance, although a letter appended to the third volume (see below) partially identifies the author and date of composition. In introductory notes to volumes 2 and 3, the author laments British Methodists' lack of knowledge of their own history and literature. Each volume approximately 70 pages in length; volume numbers assigned by processor.
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Bibliography of works alphabetized by author. Citations are recorded directly and glued in from other sources. Dated Jan. 23, 1886 on cover, but many citations refer to works published in the 1890s up through 1904.
First half of volume is devoted to a survey of Methodist literature in three parts: the work of the Wesleys, their contemporaries, and their successors. Second half of volume is a long essay or address on the life and writings of King Solomon.
Apparently a revision and extension of the first half of Volume 2, adding much material about early biographies of the Wesleys and their contemporaries. Appended near the end is a letter from M. Randall, 1888, who thanks Mr. F. Jackson for letting him read the manuscript, and hopes it will be published one day.
Ministry account book of a Primitive Methodist traveling preacher, recording financial statements and other details for the circuits in which he was stationed. Circuits include Hull, among others.
Transcriptions of 18th century diaries, journals, letters, and other documents made circa 1900-1925 by Marmaduke Riggall (1851-1927), Wesleyan Methodist member and a founder of the Wesley Historical Society. Volumes are arranged alphabetically by last name of original author.
RELATED MATERIAL: See Riggall's correspondence on the Richard Viney diary in the Correspondence Series, Alphabetical File Subseries. Also, Riggall's transcriptions of older documents appear elsewhere in the Baker collections; see especially the Lincolnshire materials in the Local Histories Subseries, above; and materials on Susannah Wesley in the Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files, Wesley Family Files.
"A verbatim transcript of a manuscript volume...Extracts from the unpublished Journal of one of John Wesley's Ministers, viz., Rev. John Barritt" (1756-1841), an itinerant preacher in several circuits from about 1786-1819. Barritt was the brother of Mary Barritt Taft, the best-known woman Methodist preacher in the early decades of the 19th century; he mentions her work in several journal entries.
RELATED MATERIAL: see also Correspondence Series, Zechariah Taft and Mary (Barritt) Taft Letters.
Twelve volumes (softbound notebooks) in one; a 13th volume contains a name index by Riggall, who transcribed the journals from the original in 1923, at that time in the Methodist Book Room, City Road, London. Notes on persons and events connected with Wesleys and other sources of early Methodist history. Includes transcribed Wesley letter. Other letters and notes (1860 and undated). Riggall has also laid in or inscribed numerous cross-references to Richard Viney's diary, which he had transcribed in 1921-1922; this transcription is filed under Viney's name, later in this sub-series.
RELATED MATERIAL: see the Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files, John Bennet for additional materials and discussion of the Bennet and Viney journals.
Transcribed by Riggall in eight notebooks, numbered as 14-21 (continuing the numbering scheme from the Bennet journal, above). Includes letters to Bennet from Wesley; includes transcription of Grace Bennet's (i.e., Grace Murray) diary; the Warburton Church records (1754-1758); and various letters.
Transcribed later. Contains notes on persons and events connected with Wesleys and other sources of early Methodist history
Handwritten transcription of the autobiography of Ellen Gretton (1756-1791), later Mrs. William Christian. A dressmaker who moved from London to Grantham, Lincolnshire in 1777, Gretton is chiefly known from a series of 10 letters John Wesley wrote to her from 1781-1785. This autobiography mainly covers the years prior to her marriage. Gretton relates some anecdotes from her childhood and adult life, including illnesses, her marriage, and religious life. The autobiography contains some of her correspondence with JW and with her sister.
Provenance: Riggall's transcription cites only an "original manuscript," but location and existence of original remain undetermined; also unclear is this autobiography's relationship to the diary supposedly lost in the early 19th century.
Transcription of articles from the Wesley Historical Journal; Notes on Wesley and transcribed poetry; spine reads: 'Riggall: Misc. 1'
Includes notes on Viney's journals
RELATED MATERIAL: see also the John Bennet journals in this subseries, above, and the Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files, John Bennet and Richard Viney for additional materials and discussion of the Bennet and Viney journals.
Transcription of extracts from journal by Marmaduke Riggall (1924); includes note from Riggal
A card inserted in this volume reads, "Frank Baker identified this as the manuscript of Francis Athow West, 1801-1869, Wesleyan Minister. See G. Osborn, Outlines of Wesleyan Bibliography." The book contains two sermons, one on Matthew 7:28-29 and one on Romans 8:32.
Contains the long lecture or sermon,
Apparently the same Chatterton lecture as above, although with part of one page torn out.
Approximately 30 pp. of loose inserted poems and letters removed to Writings and Addresses Series.
Includes poetry, letters, pamphlets and fragments; probably transcribed in late 19th century.
Anonymous volumes, arranged generally in chronological order, although some items appear out of sequence due to need to house small and large volumes in separate boxes.
Volume is likely pre-1800 and possibly dates to the mid-1600s. Approximately 60 manuscript pages containing mixture of prose and narrative and lyric verse; mainly in English, at times Latin. No source or attribution apparent. Possibly copied from other sources, at least in part: one title beginning on p. 54,
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Items 2 and 3 below (numbered in pencil on title page) were first described as part of the Baker Wesleyana collection in the mid-1980s. Item 1 (unnumbered) was found some 25 years later, in 2010, without provenance, but appears obviously to go with the other two, due to similarities of handwriting, marbled binding, and presentation of the text. All the sermons have notes on their title pages in various hands indicating that they were delivered in similar towns--especially Bucklesham, Rushmore, and Wheatley--at various times in the 1750s-1760s, then again in the early 1800s. Three volumes of 40 pages each.
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Sermon on the Holy Spirit, described as "proper for Whitsontide," from an anonymous Church of England clergyman. Possibly produced by the vicar of Drumholm.
Two-part sermon described as "for Advent." First preached in Drimholm, Ireland, and later at Rushmere and Bucklesham, Suffolk.
A volume found separately that is probably related to the
Sermon "preach'd at ye Funeral of James King, Nov. 19 1753," supposedly at prior request of deceased.
Notebook with detailed specifications and measurements for many different types of vehicles (wagons, carts, etc.) along with at least one sketch of a wagon and several pages of largely illegible, fading pencil that mostly seem to be full of figures and arithmetic problems. A typed insert, possibly a partial transcription, contains a detailed description of a "Grimsby Pattern Fish Carters Lurry." Circa 30 pages of text and figures.
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Index of epigrams and quotes on various subjects, including aristocratic houses and heraldry, in Latin and English, apparently composed in the mid 1600s at Oriel College, Oxford. Includes notes from FB stating that he found a quote attributed to Hakluyt (Richard Hakluyt, 1552?-1616), which is part of his rationale for dating the book ca. 1650. Volume opens with an index of Latin nouns, followed by pages listing sayings and epigrams are apparently used. Sources of the quotations are obscured, but many appear attributed to "Hall." Interspersed with these pages are sections that list aristocratic families and heraldry. Approximately 90 pp. that begin in the back, upside down, continue the descriptions of noble families.
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Detailed diary kept by an unidentified man who maintained Wesley's book room at Wesley Chapel, Bristol, and also assisted Wesley with correcting proofs for his publications. Diary entries span two years, although the bulk of the entries occur from 1752 Oct.-1753 Oct., after which there are occasional gaps of several months. Entries often detail the writer's daily routine, and include details of his work, social interactions, reading, and thoughts about social and religious issues of the day. Numerous interactions with both John and Charles Wesley are alluded to. He describes his work reading and correcting proofs from JW's publishers, with the printer Felix Farley, Bristol, being most often mentioned. He reports his own attendance at Methodist meetings, although typically gives few details on these. His opinions on contemporaneous writers are recorded, especially with JW's
RELATED MATERIAL AND CITATION INFORMATION: Patrons are advised that this is the same item that may have been cited in scholarly literature as the "Thomas Butts Diary." In cataloging prior to 2011, this item had long been mis-attributed to Butts, who served as one of Wesley's book stewards in the early 1750s. With new access to FB's notes, it became clear that FB never agreed with this attribution and that there is in fact little scholarly evidence to support it. Although the diary was transcribed in 2008 by Thomas Albin, and electronic copies of Albin's transcription are available in the library, this work was undertaken without access to the Frank Baker Papers. A more recent revision of the Albin transcription has been made by Randy Maddox, Duke Divinity School, and is now available on the Web site of the Wesley Studies Center, Duke University Divinity School, where it is cited as "Bristol Steward's Diary, 1752-1754." In addition, FB's notes on the diary are available in Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files Series, Bristol Book Steward.
Dating based on references on page 3, where the author outlines a numerical scheme equating the letters of the name "Bonnaparte" to the number 666. Chapters: (1) on Councils and authority of clergy; (2) disputes between the Church of Roma and the Protestants; (3) Primitive worship; (4) The Confession of Augsburg; (5) Calvinistic Confession of Faith; (6)The 39 Articles of the Church of England. Appendixes: (1) A Short Catechism, from Bishop Jeremy Taylor; (2) The Duties of Christianity.
Early catalogue of Wesleyana materials once held at this college in Manchester, England. A folder accompanying the item bears a note from FB describing it as follows: "Hobill old catalogue (most material now incorporated in John Rylands University of Manchester). Was formerly in Hobill Collection of Hartley-Victoria Primitive Methodist College, Manchester; training Methodist ministers, now training teachers (1987)." Approximately 85 pages are missing; and sections have been clipped from other pages.
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Correspondence, research notes, albums, clippings, and a variety of other materials created and collected by F. F. Bretherton (1868-1956), a Wesleyan Methodist minister and historian with a lifelong interest in many of the same topics in church history as Frank Baker. A generation older than FB, Bretherton became one of the founding members of the Wesley Historical Society in the late 19th century, later serving as its Secretary from 1919, and as President from 1941.
PROVENANCE AND RELATED MATERIAL: The approximately 1500 items gathered in this series comprise only a small portion of the materials Bretherton gave to FB in the 1940s and 1950; the bulk of his materials were filed by FB with his own and appear in many places in the Baker collections. These manuscripts can sometimes be recognized by the initials "FFB" penciled on items, but more often are recognizable only through familiarity with Bretherton's handwriting. Some eighty monographs from Bretherton, dating to 1785, can be found in the Duke Library's online catalog using the keyword
Includes list of Society members recorded by Richard Reese
Includes notes, correspondence, clippings and transcriptions of speeches regarding the Evangelical Library
Small manuscript collections acquired through Frank Baker and related to Methodism, cataloged and housed as separate collections.
Autograph book belonging to English Methodist laymen James Botteley, until 1924, and then Charles Hart. Contains the signatures of prominent English Methodist clergymen and missionaries, and letters from notable Englishmen including Charles Darwin, Thomas Huxley, John Tyndall, and Robert William Dale.
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Writings and sermons of Thomas Burton (1662-1731), Vicar of Halifax, England, from 1712 until his death in 1731. Seven volumes containing approximately ninety sermons preached from 1707-1731; and two volumes entitled
Several volumes were extensively prepared for publication, complete with footnotes; some accompanied by contents pages and further notes indicating when and where the sermons were preached (most often in Halifax). FB's notes on the gift record comment that these unpublished sermons illustrate "the spiritual tone of the Church of England immediately before the Methodist revival."
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Contents include: No. 1: the 1713 Thanksgiving for peace sermon (Burton's only known publication); No. 2: A sermon on the martyrdom of King Charles I; No. 3: On Nov. 15, 1714, Thanksgiving for deliverance from Gunpowder Treason; No. 4: On the King's Accession, Aug. 1714, King George I; and eight other sermons on such topics as obedience to magistrates, "not peace, but a sword," rejoicing in persecution, plague fasts (1721) thanksgiving for deliverance from the plague, and one sermon on St. Thomas's day.
Contents include: three sermons on death and judgment, three on the Resurrection, one on the Sabbath, one on Swearing, and one on partaking in the Lord's Supper.
Contents are mainly sermons upon Saints' Days, but also national occasions, including: St. Bartholomew's Day; two on Christmas Day; two on Trinity Sunday; John the Baptist; St. Matthias, Jan. 30 (i.e. King Charles the Martyr); the Purification; St. Matthew, St. Paul, St. Barnabas, St. Peter, and St. Philip; also "Preacht May 1, 1707, The day of Thanksgiving for Uniting the two Kingdoms of England and Scotland," and "On the Restauration" (i.e. of the Stuart family in 1660).
Many pages torn out, but remaining sermons include: No. 4, against fornication (1726); Nos. 5-7, teaching all nations (1719) (Baptism); and No. 8-13 on the Lord's Supper, of which parts of 8 and 10 are torn out.
Pp. 1-38, 49-62 torn out. Remaining contents include: part of No. 1; Nos. 5-7, on 1 Cor. 10:12, "take heed lest ye fall"; Nos. 8-10 on Matt. 11:28-30, "Come unto me"; and nos. 11-12 on Luke 12:33-4, "giving alms".
Further contents include: Vol. I contains an additional sermon to be placed between pp. 99-100, and Vol. II contains an additional sermon to be placed before p. 83.
Sermons of Charles Clarke (b. circa 1660), vicar of Kirby-on-the-Moor, Yorkshire, England, 1693-1705, and rector of Hayley, Norfolk, 1700-1706. Two volumes of sermons, one of which cannot be positively identified as Clarke's. Both volumes date from the late 17th or early 18th centuries.
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Contents include sermons on the following texts: 1 Kings 10:9 (possibly about royal coronation); Matthew 5:6; 1 John 3:5; John 16:8.
Contents include the following sermons: three sermons on Wisdom (Prov. 3:17); Christmas sermon on 1 Tim. 3:16; sermon on Gunpowder Plot Day, Nov. 5 using Prov. 21:30; two sermons preached July [16]99 at York on Ps. 4:6.
Methodist preacher, of Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Letter book (1760-1774), six letters, and three other documents. Primarily outgoing correspondence on religion, particularly Methodism, plus memoranda, copies of letters between JW and Mary Bosanquet, and extracts from the diary of Jane Cooper. The two loose items are letters to Crosby from JW and Mary Bosanquet Fletcher.
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Seven items found loose, together with two notes, probably by FB circa 1968, stating "Completion of Lot 58. The Letter Book of Sarah Crosby, bound, you do indeed have." Items cited below as signed are initialed "S.C." With one exception noted, all appear to be in same hand as materials previously cataloged as the Sarah Crosby Papers, 1760-1804, and will be transferred to this sub-collection of Frank Baker Collection of Wesleyan and British Methodism.
Volume of autographs and sketches chiefly containing the signatures of leading British Methodists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and a number of missionaries.
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Letter book of captain of the British sloop-of-war
Inscribed inside the front cover: "Letters from Capt. Gascoigne of the Hawkes Sloop &c, Chiefly relating to his Attendance on Genl. Oglethorpe to Georgia, in 1735, 6 &c."
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Teacher, of Yeadon, Yorkshire, England. Diary kept by Illingworth during his service as a teacher in Yeadon, principally devoted to his spiritual life but also with references to the early Methodist movement in Yorkshire, theological issues of early Methodism, disputes between the Methodist societies and the Church of England parishes, the relationship of the Methodists to the Moravians, George Whitefield's Calvinistic theology, discipline problems in his school, and subject matter and classroom methods. Contains photocopy of manuscript, "On Illingworths of Addingham and Keighley," compiled by William I. Place.
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Materials include photocopied typescript of the Thomas Illingworth diary, 1755-1759. The author and thus the accuracy of this typescript is undetermined, although hand-written corrections may be in FB's hand; date of typescript is also uncertain, but attached correspondence indicates FB made this copy in 1971.
Scrapbook containing correspondence, reproductions of engravings, poetry, autographs, a pencil drawing, and an account of astrological incidents. The correspondence is related to the Perronet family and other early leaders of the Wesleyan movement in England, and includes letters from Vincent Perronet stating his religious beliefs and moral principles, and letters from Charles Wesley to Peard Dickinson, Vincent's grandson-in-law, concerning doctrinal matters and family and personal subjects. Other correspondents include Sarah Wesley, Joseph Benson, Adam Clarke, James Dixon, Joseph Entwisle, John William Fletcher, Mary (Bosanquet) Fletcher, Thomas Jackson, Henry Moore, and Richard Watson. Loose items include a discourse by Charles Perronet on man's need for religion; diaries of an unidentified young women commenting on sermons and spiritual life; and miscellaneous letters and autographs.
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Records of attendance and membership for class meetings held by Methodist society near London. Records were kept by H. B. Poole.
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Letter from Isaac Watts to a Mrs. Fay expressing his sympathy on her recent widowhood and extending words of spiritual comfort. Remainder of collection is primarily written in a form of shorthand. Included are a sermon; extracts from the Bible, Genesis through Joel, and Amos through Acts; diaries of Sarah Ashurst containing spiritual reflections or discussion of theological points; and letter books of Joseph Parker, Watts's amanuensis, containing personal and business letters, and extracts from various works on topics such as faith, humility, friendship, etc.
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[ fragile; housed in Box OVSZ 2 in the main body of the Frank Baker Collection of Wesleyana and British Methodism.]
Methodist clergyman. Papers of Whitefield, a leading Methodist clergyman and evangelist, including a letter, 1750, discussing religious affairs in Georgia and South Carolina, the activities of James Habersham, and preaching missions to African Americans; a letter, 1759, to John Ryland, praising a young man for his Christian dedication; two letters, 1767 and 1768, to "My Dear M. Winter" in Bristol, and a short commentary on an unidentified passage from the Bible.
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Attendance records of a Sunday school class for girls in the Methodist society at Preston, England, taught by Elizabeth Woods. Several of the lists also include statements of financial contributions.
[Original missing.]
Recipients: Rev. G. Roadhouse