James Everett Papers, 1813-1873
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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.
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