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	DDWes 5	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	MA 8507	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	NRAS1141	NRA 10167 Hog
11	misc letters	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	CM Archives, Trevecka Group	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)	GD345/1169	NRA 10160 See NRA(S)0099
14	1738-39: corresp with James Hervey	Oxford University: Lincoln College Archives	MS/WES/A/1	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	D5-6, E4	NRA 27694
20	1774-90: letters (36) to Ann Tindall	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 43695-96, 43739-40
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)