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Biography

Collection Scope and Content Note

Part 1: October 28, 1792 , Tioga and Wyoming Circuits

Part 2: May 3, 1797 , Northumberland, Wyoming, Tioga, Seneca and Pennsylvania Circuits

Part 3: April 29, 1802 , Albany District

Part 4: January 1, 1802 , Albany, Pennsylvania and Genesee Districts

Part 5: January 1, 1804 , Chesapeake, Pennsylvania and Genesee Districts

Summary Information

Title: William Colbert journal,
Creator: William. Colbert
Inclusive dates: 1792-1804.
1 reel microfilm.
Microfilm.
Abstract::
The journal records the travels and work of William Colbert as a Methodist circuit rider with lengthy and detailed descriptions of towns and settlements visited, texts delivered in sermons, travel and weather conditions, Colbert's health, opinions regarding the progress of Methodism in New York, conferences and general meetings attended, and reflections on his own spiritual progress as a Methodist minister, size and spiritual condition of classes and congregations visited and baptisms, marriages and funerals attended or served.

Call number: 6088
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library