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1800-1839, 1883 (Creation)
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- Methodist Episcopal Church
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7 cm of textual records
1 microfilm reel : positive
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The Church was organized in the United States in 1784. This denomination sent preachers to Nova Scotia (1785 to 1800), to Montreal (1802 to 1820) and Quebec City (1803 to 1812), and officially to Upper Canada in the winter of 1789-1790--first through its New York Conference, then from 1810 to 1824 through its Genesee Conference, and from 1824 to 1828 through its Canada Conference. In 1828 the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada was established. In 1821 the Genesee Conference established a committee to consider the matter of evangelism to the Aboriginal People and contacts were made with the Six Nations Reserve on the Grand River. In 1822 Alvin Torry was designated missionary to the Aboriginal People in Canada; in 1824 the Canada Conference Missionary Society was organized; and in 1828 William Case accepted the post of General Superintendent of Indian Missions of Upper Canada.
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This material forms part of the General Council program of the United Church of Canada Archive.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of photocopies of: Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference correspondence, reports, and addresses relating to Canada, 1816-1836, 1883; microfilm copy only of journals of New York Conference, 1800-1839; photocopies of Genesee Conference records: correspondence, reports, and statements concerning Upper and Lower Canada, 1810-1823, correspondence and reports concerning American circuits and missions to the Aboriginal People, 1810-1833, records re Cazenovia Wesleyan Seminary, 1823-1839, report of Committee dealing with negotiations with Canada Conference, 1832; minutes of Conference of Preachers in Nova Scotia, 1801 (all of above 78.131C). This fonds also consists of the original minutes of the Canada Conference Annual Conferences, 1824-1828 (78.001C--see also copies field below).
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Originals of General and Genesee Conference records in Drew University Library, Madison, New Jersey; originals of New York Conference journals in New York Public Library; original of Canada Conference report, 1832, in the George Arents Research Library at Syracuse University. Canada Conference records also exist as photocopies and microfilm copy on 1 partial reel (78.001C) : positive.
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Photocopied [197-?]; microfilmed 1963.
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Open
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Those records which are copies are not to be reproduced without the permission of the relevant American repository. Use only photocopies or microfilm copy of Canada Conference records; originals are fragile.