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Methodism

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Maynard family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2049
Abstract A collection of letters, deeds, accounts, etc. of the Maynard family and related families of Higgens, Beatty, etc. of Montgomery, Prince Georges, and, particularly, Frederick County. The correspondence comments on family news, agriculture, economics, and most often, religion. There are numerous references to methodism such as the description of plans for an 1802 quarterly meeting and an account of an 1840 camp meeting at Baltimore; there are also references to study at Princeton Seminary in...
Dates: 1732-1911

Reverend John Lusby Pitts papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3266
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence addressed to Reverend John Lusby Pitts, an itinerant Methodist minister in Maryland and Virginia, between 1798-1821. The majority of the letters are penned by other Methodist ministers and discuss camp meetings, revivals, conferences, politics, as well as daily life.

Dates: 1787 February 16-1826 January 17; Majority of material found within 1798 - 1821

Ridgely-Pue papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0693
Abstract

The Ridgely-Pue papers dated between 1748 and 1932 pertain to several families, including the Ridgely, Pue, Penniman, Stricker, Nicholson, and Harris families.

Dates: 1748-1932