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| Record Creator: | Methodist Episcopal Church |
| Title: | Methodist Class Tickets |
| Title: | Methodist Class Tickets |
| Date Span: | 1759-1971 |
| Abstract: | Class tickets or membership tickets are small cards used in early Methodism in both England and America to identify members of the Methodist societies. A collection of class tickets from the Methodist Episcopal Church, Wesleyan Methodist Socety and Methodist Church. |
| Extent: | 0.18 cubic feet |
| Resource ID: | drew.rg. |
Class tickets or membership tickets are small cards used in early Methodism in both England and America to identify members of the Methodist societies. They were first issued only to members of the Bands, but later to every acceptable member of the societies. Originally the tickets bore simply a date, a scripture text and the member’s name. Later they became a little more elaborate and included the name of the preacher or minister issuing the ticket and sometimes the name of the society or church. In England they were issued by John Wesley or one of his assistants and in America by the circuit preacher. As early as 1741 Wesley was issuing these identifying tickets, probably in his own handwriting, at Bristol. In 1820, apparently tickets were issued to attend Love Feasts as well.
A collection of class tickets from local churches in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Wesleyan Methodist Society, Primitive Methodist Church, Methodist Church and United Methodist Church.
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William Lutton Class Tickets
| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 2141-4-5: 1 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Class Tickets | 1769-1860 |
| 2141-4-5: 2 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Love Feast Tickets | 1797-1880 |
| 2141-4-5: 3 | Methodist Church, The | 1951-1960 |
| 2141-4-5: 4 | Methodist Society in the City of New York - Stellwellite Group | 1821-1829 |
| 2141-4-5: 5 | Primitive Methodist Connexion | 1863-1868 |
| 2141-4-5: 6 | Primitive Methodist Church | 1858 |
| 2141-4-5: 7 | United Methodist Free Churches | 1863-1966 |
| 2141-4-5: 8 | Wesleyan Methodist Society - Folder 1 | 1819-1862 |
| 2141-4-5: 10 | Reproductions | 1759-1857 |
| 2141-4-5: 11 | Miscellaneous | 1794-1863 |
| 2141-4-5: 12 | Love Feast Tickets - John Street UMC | 1971 |
| 2141-4-5: 9 | Wesleyan Methodist Society - Folder 2 | 1823-1930 |
