Jabez Bunting Papers, 1810-1858 and undated

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37 items
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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:

  • Correspondence Series, James Everett Papers
  • Printed Materials Series, Broadsides and Circular Letters Subseries
  • Volumes Series, Letter Books WP I and WP II
  • Frank Baker Papers, Subject Files, Bunting (transcribed letters)
  • Jabez Bunting Papers, 1838-1840, - Rubenstein Library, Duke University

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