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Waterhouse, Joseph, Dear Sir, I beg leave to submit to your perusal and consideration, a copy of several letters which have been directed to the Rev. Richard Watson, President of the Conference., Lancashire: Joseph Waterhouse, 1826 Oct. 4
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Abbott, Alfred, Declaration. We, the undersigned, agree to declare that we regard with indignation and abhorrence the anonymous attacks on the motives and character of out Brethren..., Manchester: J. Thompson,undated
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Annotations alongside names; Names crossed out upon passing.

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Aquila and Priscilla, An humble address to the Methodist Society in general; and to Trustees, Leaders, and Stewards in particular., 1794 Nov. 15
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(Verso) Addressed to "The Trustees, Leaders, the Methodist Society, Dumfrieds, Scotland"

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Bunting, Jabez, and 3 other signees, Dear Brethren, The late Conference will be regarded by you with peculiar interest in consequence of the election, for the first time, of a returned Missionary to the honours of the Presidency., 1834 Aug. 30
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Bunting, Jabez, Joseph Taylor, and Richard Watson, Dear Brother, According to our custom, we take the first opportunity of giving you some information repecting the proceedings of the Conference, which has just concluded..., London: T. Cordeux, 1821 Aug. 14
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[ovsz.] Bunting, Jabez, Robert Alder, and John Beecham, "The change which the Law for the abolition of Slavery will produce in the political and social relations of the different Colonies to which it applies..." Downing Street, 1834 Nov. 1-5.
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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]".

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Clarkson, Thomas and 17 other signees, Renewal of the Slave Trade, London: Ellerton and Henderson, 1814 June 17
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(Verso) Addressed to Furness [?] Content: Signees against the recent legal renewal of the Slave Trade.

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Broadsheet, circa 1802. "At a Public Meeting of the Principal Inha[bi]tants of the Township of Flixton [...] within the Parish Church of Flixtno aforesaid, on the 7th Day of Nov. 1802 For the Purpose [...]-pon the best Mode of suppressing Vice and Immorality,[...] said Township, more especially on the Sabbath Day[...]" W. Harpur, Churchwarden. Approximately 16.75" by 21".
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Roberts, Thomas, Adam Clarke, and Williams Jenkins, An Address to the Members and Friends of the Methodist Societies, containing a General Account of the Origin and Present State of the Itinerant Methodist Preachers' Annuity., London: George Story, 1806
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Warren, Samuel, Resolutions and Propositions Passed at the Quarterly Meeting of the Manchester First Circuit Manchester: Times Office, 1834 Oct. 20
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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.

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Broadsides and Circular Letters Subseries, 1741, 1784-1891, and undated

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.

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1. Address of the General Centenary Sub-Committee on the subject of the Centenary Fund ... Signed on behalf of the General Sub-Committee, James Wood, Treasurer, Francis A. West..., Secretaries. Centenary Office, Manchester London: Wilson, 1838 Nov. 29.
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2. Address of the Preachers, assembled at the Sixty-ninth Annual Conference, begun in Leeds, July 27, 1812, to the Members of the Methodist Societies ... Joseph Entwisle, President, Thomas Coke, Secretary. Thomas Cordeux, Agent.
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FB: "Probably prepared by Dr. Thomas Coke"

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3. An Address to the Methodist Preachers, who are not of the number of those that govern the Connexion ... Your Brethren in the Ministry, John Bunyan, Richd. Baxter, Robt. Robinson.
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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..."

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4. An Address to the People called Methodists in Bristol, in Connection with the late Rev. Mr. Wesley... Bristol: The Trustees of the Methodists' Chapels, 1792.
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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."

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5. A Second Address to the People called Methodists in Bristol, in Connection with the late Rev. Mr. Wesley... Bristol: The Trustees of the Methodists' Chapels, 1792.
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FB: "A response to Bradburn's reply to No. 4 above, for which see below, No. 13."

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