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Creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference Date: 1811 Contributing Institution: St. George's United Methodist Church Description: Correspondence to the annual conference of the Methodists in Philadelphia. Letters include requests or receipts for financial compensation, reports of misbehavior by members, recommendations for circuit preachers, requests for recommendation letters, and petitions to the conference. For some years, a separate index of correspondence exists and is scanned separately. View Full Item at St. George's United Methodist Church -
Creator: Alison, Francis, 1705-1779 and First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1752/1755 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Francis Alison was born in Ireland in 1705. He studied at the University of Glasgow before traveling to America in 1735. In 1737 he became pastor of Pennsylvania's New London Presbyterian Church. Ten years later he opened an academy in New London. Students included three signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Secretary of the Second Continental Congress. In 1752 Alison moved to Philadelphia to take charge of the Philadelphia Academy. He was later appointed Vice-Provost of the newly established University of Pennsylvania, as well as Professor of Moral Philosophy. He was also assistant minister at the First Presbyterian Church. Alison died in 1779. View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Alison, Francis, 1705-1779 and First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1756/1762 and 1772 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Francis Alison was born in Ireland in 1705. He studied at the University of Glasgow before traveling to America in 1735. In 1737 he became pastor of Pennsylvania's New London Presbyterian Church. Ten years later he opened an academy in New London. Students included three signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Secretary of the Second Continental Congress. In 1752 Alison moved to Philadelphia to take charge of the Philadelphia Academy. He was later appointed Vice-Provost of the newly established University of Pennsylvania, as well as Professor of Moral Philosophy. He was also assistant minister at the First Presbyterian Church. Alison died in 1779. View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Alison, Francis, 1705-1779 and First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1767/1771 and 1763 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Francis Alison was born in Ireland in 1705. He studied at the University of Glasgow before traveling to America in 1735. In 1737 he became pastor of Pennsylvania's New London Presbyterian Church. Ten years later he opened an academy in New London. Students included three signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Secretary of the Second Continental Congress. In 1752 Alison moved to Philadelphia to take charge of the Philadelphia Academy. He was later appointed Vice-Provost of the newly established University of Pennsylvania, as well as Professor of Moral Philosophy. He was also assistant minister at the First Presbyterian Church. Alison died in 1779. View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference Date: 1810 Contributing Institution: St. George's United Methodist Church Description: Correspondence to the annual conference of the Methodists in Philadelphia. Letters include requests or receipts for financial compensation, reports of misbehavior by members, recommendations for circuit preachers, requests for recommendation letters, and petitions to the conference. For some years, a separate index of correspondence exists and is scanned separately. View Full Item at St. George's United Methodist Church -
Creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference Date: 1800 Contributing Institution: St. George's United Methodist Church Description: Correspondence to the annual conference of the Methodists in Philadelphia. Letters include requests or receipts for financial compensation, reports of misbehavior by members, recommendations for circuit preachers, requests for recommendation letters, and petitions to the conference. For some years, a separate index of correspondence exists and is scanned separately. View Full Item at St. George's United Methodist Church -
Creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference Date: 1800 Contributing Institution: St. George's United Methodist Church Description: Correspondence to the annual conference of the Methodists in Philadelphia. Letters include requests or receipts for financial compensation, reports of misbehavior by members, recommendations for circuit preachers, requests for recommendation letters, and petitions to the conference. For some years, a separate index of correspondence exists and is scanned separately. View Full Item at St. George's United Methodist Church -
Creator: St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference Date: 1810 Contributing Institution: St. George's United Methodist Church Description: Correspondence to the annual conference of the Methodists in Philadelphia. Letters include requests or receipts for financial compensation, reports of misbehavior by members, recommendations for circuit preachers, requests for recommendation letters, and petitions to the conference. For some years, a separate index of correspondence exists and is scanned separately. View Full Item at St. George's United Methodist Church