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Image Number: 
Bookreader DDCW 8/1
Reference Number: 
DDCW/8/1
Link to Catalogue: 
Series Title: 
Notebooks and Manuscript Items (1739-1803)
Parent Work Title: 
Notebook on the separation from the church
Creator: 
Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
c1755
Description: 
Notebook on the separation from the church in Charles Wesley's hand. The notebook contains the following in Charles Wesley's hand: (a) detailed discussion of Methodist separation from the established church in response to the question 'Ought we to separate from the Church of England?'; (b) Ms copy letters dated 1755 between several correspondents namely John Wesley, Samuel Walker and Thomas Adam, discussing in detail the question of separation from the Anglican Church; (c) list of those present at the Leeds Conference of 1755 and a summary of the proceedings with particular regard to the separation question; (d) shorthand notes, consisting of probable transcripts of letters dated 1756.
Language: 
English
Language Code: 
eng
Subject: 
Methodist Church
Category of Material: 
Archives
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Sub-Category: 
Notebooks
Sub-Category: 
Correspondence
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
18th Century CE
People Covered: 
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Methodist Church
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work: 
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes (TMCP)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2013-02-14
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2017-08
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Methodist