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| Record Creator: | Dunn, Samuel |
| Title: | Samuel Dunn Collection |
| Dates: | 1794-1862 |
| Abstract: | Samuel Dunn (1797-1882). A Wesleyan Methodist preacher and magazine editor. He was involved in church controversy, and was removed from his church relationship in 1849. His work as a preacher was chiefly in Cornwall, and briefly in New York East Conference. He died in 1882 while living in England. |
| Extent: | 0.23 cu. feet |
| Resource ID: | drew.ms.2381 |
Samuel Dunn (1797-1882), English and American Minister, was born at Mevagissey, Cornwall, England on February 13, 1797 and became a Wesleyan Methodist preacher in 1816. He was the first Methodist missionary to the Shetland Isles. Dunn was a leading reformer in the 1840's, editing the Wesleyan Banner. He was expelled in 1849 because he was suspected of helping to write the Fly Sheets, which were a series of broadsides critical of the leadership of the church and especially the president of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference, Jabez Bunting. For nine years he was the pastor of a Free Methodist Church in Camborne, Cornwall. While there, he compiled a hymnal for his congregation. In 1865 he came to New York, where he became a minister in the New York East Conference. He returned to England in 1868 and served as a freelance in the Methodist churches in Cornwall. Dunn died at Hastings, England, on January 24, 1882.
The Samuel Dunn collection is made up of two parts. The first part consists of two folders containing a variety of articles which Dunn used as a resource in his publication of the Wesley Banner.The second part is a collection of sixty letters to Dunn from persons who wished to be in dialogue with him on a wide variety of topics. There is only one letter dated 1833, which was written by Dunn.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
This collection is arranged by record type and then by chronological date.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Samuel Dunn Collection, Methodist Collection - Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
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| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 2128-4-6: 1 | Correspondence | 1819-1862 |
| 2128-4-6: 2 | Material for the "Wesley Banner" | Undated |
| 2128-4-6: 3 | Material for the "Wesley Banner" | Undated |
| 2128-4-6: 4 | Material for the "Wesley Banner" | Undated |
| 2128-4-6: 5 | Material for the "Wesley Banner" | 1794-1852 |
