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Wesley, John, (1703-1791), Evangelist and Leader of Methodism

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Surname: Wesley
Forenames: John
Gender: Male
Date: 1703-1791
Places:
  • Epworth, Lincolnshire
Biography: ODNB link for Wesley, John (1703-1791) Evangelist and Leader of Methodism
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P135707 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P30167 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for John Wesley
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
Manchester University: Methodist Archives and Research Centre
See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
2
corresp and papers (1167 items)
Emory University Library: Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Book Library
See NUC MS 79-755
3
journal
University of Georgia Libraries
See NUC MS 61-3177
4
1740-89: letters (18) and registers (2) of the Bristol Society
The New Room, Bristol
NRA 43313 Wesley's Chapel
5
1748-90: letters (22)
Huntington Library
See Guide to Literary MSS 1979
6
1756-90: letters (136, incl 70 to Charles Wesley)
Manchester University: Methodist Archives and Research Centre
NRA 35365 Wesley
7
letters
Wesley Cottage Trust
NRA 5000 Trewint Trust
8
scrapbook containing 12 letters and related papers
Manchester University: Methodist Archives and Research Centre
See Annual Return 1992
9
1741-91: letters (81)
Southern Methodist University: Centre for Methodist Studies
See NUC MS 61-728
10
letters
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 10167 Hog
11
misc letters
National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services
NRA 15301 Trevecca College
12
letters
Oxford Brookes University: Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History
13
1763-64: letters to Sir Archibald Grant
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 10160

See NRA(S)0099
14
1738-39: corresp with James Hervey
Oxford University: Lincoln College Archives
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
15
letters (10)
Oxford University: Lincoln College Archives
See Paul Morgan, Oxford libraries outside the Bodleian 1980
16
1762-78: letters (9) from John Fletcher
Manchester University: Methodist Archives and Research Centre
NRA 25815 Fletcher
17
corresp (c820 items), sermons, journals and papers
Manchester University: Methodist Archives and Research Centre
NRA 25824
18
letters
Kinder Library: St John's Theological College
See Archives New Zealand 1984 p9
19
c1725-91: corresp and sermons, incl shorthand diary 1790-91
Wesley College, Bristol
NRA 27694
20
1774-90: letters (36) to Ann Tindall
British Library, Manuscript Collections
21
1739-91: corresp
Manchester University: Methodist Archives and Research Centre
See Guide 1994
22
letters of John Wesley in Ezra Squire Tipple collection
Drew University, New Jersey, United Methodist Archives Center
See Theological Librarianship vol 6.1 (2013)