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Selina Hastings collection [textual record]

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Date:

1785-1788

Reference:

R17019-0-5-E, MG55/23-No96

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

104841

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Selina Hastings collection
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Date(s):

1785-1788

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.005 meter(s)

Language of material:

English

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A printed address to the inhabitants of New Brunswick, given by John Bradford on the occasion of the despatch of two ministers to that place by Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon; and three letters to the countess from William Turmage, missionary at Halifax, reporting on the progress of his work, 1785-1786. Photocopies, 23 pages.

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Hastings, Selina, fl. 1785-1788

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Hastings, Selina, fl. 1785-1788 : Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, a convert to Methodism, championed the cause of her new faith throughout her adult life. A close friend of the brothers Wesley and patroness of many ministers having Methodist leanings, she ultimately founded an offshoot of Methodism known as "The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion".
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Missions - New Brunswick, 1785-1788 John Bradford, 1785-1788

Missionaries - New Brunswick, 1785-1788 Selina Hastings, 1785-1788

Missions - Nova Scotia, 1785-1786 William Turmage, 1785-1786

Missionaries - Nova Scotia, 1785-1786 Halifax (N.S.), 1785-1786

Speeches, addresses, etc. - New Brunswick, 1785-1788
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MG55/23-No96
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