Scope and Contents Handwritten record (plus photocopies) of Carter's journey frm Ohio to St. Louis via Wisconsin. ALS's dated Oct. 15, 24, 1845 (plus photocopies) to his wife, Mary Hine Carter, are revised transcripts of diary. Diary entry for November 13 describes a visit to the Nauvoo, Illinois Temple.This is a journal kept by E.V. Carter during his journey from Tallmadge, Ohio, to St. Louis, Missouri. He wrote of a lecturer, "Mr. Little John," at a Methodist house in White Pigeon Prarie,...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter dated 13 March 1820. Merrill writes to the Rev. Nathaniel Stacy in Hamilton, New York. Merrill urges Stacy to "come over and help us" by conducting a debate between J. Foster, a Universalist preacher, and Joseph Baker, a Methodist preacher. Merrill anticipates a favorable outcome for the Universalists. This item documents some of the religious activities in New York State at about the time when Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the first president of the Mormon Church, claimed...

Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten meeting minutes for annual church conferences held in Genesse County, New York, from 1810 to 1828. Also included are photocopies of printed books of meeting minutes covering the years from 1818 to 1830.

Abstract

The collection contains handwritten sermons from 1707-1774. The material is notes from which various sermons were taken. The notes deal with various aspects of Methodism.