Adam Clarke Papers, 1788-1859

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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.

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