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Excerpt from Memoir of Col. Joshua Fry: Sometime Professor in William and Mary College, Virginia, and Washington''s Senior in Command of Virginia Forces, 1754, Etc;, Etc;, With an Autobiography of His Son, Rev. Henry Fry, and a Census of Their Descendants
Introduction; the Author''s reasons for editing it; Methodist Preacher in Paris, (france); H. Fry''s birth; his youth in Williamsburg; removal to Al bemarle; Deputy tao. C. Nicholas; Clerk; his marriage; his removal to Culpeper; his conversion; graphic picture of his passage from darkness to light good humored debates with his Baptist neigh bors; interviews with their preachers, Eve, Waller, T. A.; first hearing of, and meeting with the Meth odists; conference at Manakin Town; Methodist Preachers, Williams, Pride, Gatch, little-john, Drumgoole and Coke; becomes a class-leader and Exhorter; surprised into preaching; represents Cul peper in Legislature; curious account of his recep tion in Richmond and intercourse with members of Assembly; Assessment Bill; Emancipation Bill; return home and illness; anecdote of Elder James Garnett in his chamber; Col. Taylor''s Diary; preaches in Brick Church (episcopal) in Orange, alternately with Waddell (presbyterian); and Bell maine and Maury (episcopal) ministers; preaches Col. Charles Porter''s funeral (with Tatum).
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Introduction; the Author''s reasons for editing it; Methodist Preacher in Paris, (france); H. Fry''s birth; his youth in Williamsburg; removal to Al bemarle; Deputy tao. C. Nicholas; Clerk; his marriage; his removal to Culpeper; his conversion; graphic picture of his passage from darkness to light good humored debates with his Baptist neigh bors; interviews with their preachers, Eve, Waller, T. A.; first hearing of, and meeting with the Meth odists; conference at Manakin Town; Methodist Preachers, Williams, Pride, Gatch, little-john, Drumgoole and Coke; becomes a class-leader and Exhorter; surprised into preaching; represents Cul peper in Legislature; curious account of his recep tion in Richmond and intercourse with members of Assembly; Assessment Bill; Emancipation Bill; return home and illness; anecdote of Elder James Garnett in his chamber; Col. Taylor''s Diary; preaches in Brick Church (episcopal) in Orange, alternately with Waddell (presbyterian); and Bell maine and Maury (episcopal) ministers; preaches Col. Charles Porter''s funeral (with Tatum).
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
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P. Slaughter
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ISBN - 9781528268240
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm
Page Count - 117
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P. Slaughter
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ISBN - 9781331131311
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Page Count - 119
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