The Wesleyan connection in Shelburne and Birchtown, Nova Scotia : saving souls or catching whales / Samuel J. Rogal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogal, Samuel J.

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Series:

Studies in the history of missions ; v. 20.

Studies in the history of missions ; v. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Methodist Church--Nova Scotia--Shelburne--History--18th century.

Methodist Church.

Methodist Church--Nova Scotia--Birchtown--History--18th century.

Methodist Church--Nova Scotia--Shelburne--History--19th century.

Methodist Church--Nova Scotia--Birchtown--History--19th century.

History.

Shelburne (N.S.)--Church history--18th century.

Shelburne (N.S.).

Birchtown (N.S.)--Church history--18th century.

Birchtown (N.S.).

Shelburne (N.S.)--Church history--19th century.

Birchtown (N.S.)--Church history--19th century.

Nova Scotia--Birchtown.

Nova Scotia--Shelburne.

Physical Description:

xiii, 200 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2000]

Contents:

ii. Significant Dates vii

1. The Coming of the Early Missionaries 1

2. Freeborn Garrettson: The Arrow Flies North 29

3. She I burne 63

4. Birchtown 97

5. Extending the Connection: From the Death of Wesley through the Early Nineteenth Century 129

Thomas Coke

Francis Asbury

Richard Whatcoat

Freeborn Garrettson

William Black.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-182) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0773476792

OCLC:

49648123