- The First Methodist Parsonage in the United States
I spent many of my childhood and teen years living in a church parsonage. A parsonage is a dwelling place reserved for the minister and her/his family. Some parsonages are stand alone buildings while some are directly attached to the … Continue reading
- John Wesley Jarvis Manuscript
While working through several boxes of Drew manuscripts I came across this fascinating letter from 1804 signed by John Wesley Jarvis. Jarvis (1780-1840) was the nephew of Methodist founder John Wesley. At the age of 5, he and his family … Continue reading
- Luke Tyerman Book Manuscripts
The more I use a keyboard the less I enjoy writing script. It takes a lot of work. And, the less I write with my hands the more my handwriting looks the same as it did in my first grade … Continue reading
- Women and Methodist Missions
On Thursday I delivered an additional 85 texts to Internet Archive located at Princeton Theological Seminary. Internet Archive has a scanning station located in a dark, cave-like room at the library with six scanning machines where employees (many with headphones) … Continue reading
- Early Manuscripts Describing Missions Work in Liberia discovered at Methodist Center
This week we’ve uncovered two manuscript diaries written between 1838 and 1861. The diaries belonged to Walter Peter Jayne (1810-1894). Jayne was a New York City printer and missionary hired to set up a print shop in Monrovia, Liberia for … Continue reading
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