First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Love feasts]]> Sermons]]> Church membership]]> Hymns]]> Church management]]> Church records and registers]]> Indians of North America]]> Baptismal records]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Church schools]]> Love feasts]]> Church membership]]> Burial records]]> Sermons]]> Indians of North America]]> Baptismal records]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Sermons]]> Church membership]]> Quakers]]> Baptismal records]]> Burial records]]> Love feasts]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church membership]]> Baptismal records]]> Burial records]]> Sermons]]> Love feasts]]> African Americans]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> White, William, 1748-1836]]> Episcopal Church. Diocese of Pennsylvania]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Episcopal Church]]> White, William, 1748-1836]]> Episcopalians]]> St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church meetings]]> United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]>
This bound manuscript includes William White's journals documenting the formation of the Diocese of Pennsylvania in 1784, as well as the institution of a convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the state of Pennsylvania, and minutes from the first six such conventions, up to 1790.]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Dailey, David]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Itinerancy (Church polity)]]> Methodists]]> United States--Delmarva Peninsula]]> African Americans]]> Circuit riders]]> Methodist Church]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Dailey, David]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Itinerancy (Church polity)]]> African Americans]]> Methodists]]> United States--Delmarva Peninsula]]> Circuit riders]]> Methodist Church]]>
As with his first diary, Dailey recounts his travels, the people he meets, including separate black classes, and his physical and emotional state throughout. Entries continue to paint a picture of a difficult life, including loneliness, hoarseness, bad weather and poor attendance, although he experiences some good days as he preaches, performs baptisms, and visits the sick and dying.]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Dailey, David]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Itinerancy (Church polity)]]> Methodists]]> Church discipline]]> African Americans]]> United States--Delmarva Peninsula]]> Circuit riders]]> Methodist Church]]>
As with his first two diaries, Dailey recounts his travels, the people he meets, and his physical and emotional state throughout. During his third year as a traveling preacher, he seemed to find more joy in his preaching, particularly in "meeting with the blacks." He survives a bout of the measles and another unnamed "tedious illness," and is vaccinated for small pox. He also presides over two trials regarding member misconduct.]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Dailey, David]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Itinerancy (Church polity)]]> African Americans]]> Methodists]]> Camp meetings]]> United States--Delmarva Peninsula]]> Circuit riders]]> Methodist Church]]>
As with his first few diaries, Dailey recounts his travels, the people he met, including separate black classes, and his physical and emotional state throughout. He still experiences bouts of depression, but also describes happiness and contentment in preaching, visiting the sick, and performing baptisms, marriages and funerals. He is particularly pleased by camp meetings that are successful in gaining converts.

Several entries refer to a woman named Sally, who often attends meetings with Dailey and who would eventually become his wife. Copies of several letters between the two are included at the end of the volume.]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Dailey, David]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Itinerancy (Church polity)]]> Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference]]> Methodists]]> Church discipline]]> Camp meetings]]> African Americans]]> United States--Delmarva Peninsula]]> Circuit riders]]> Methodist Church]]>
As with his first few diaries, Dailey recounts his travels, the people he meets, including separate black classes, and his physical and emotional state throughout. He still experiences bouts of sickness and depression, but also finds happiness in preaching, visiting the sick, performing baptisms, and attending camp meetings. During this time, Sally gives birth to a son. Also during this time, Dailey describes several trials, including those involving black members, and is involved in matters of church discipline such as expelling a member for "selling a human being in the Southern States."]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Dailey, David]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Camp meetings]]> Methodists]]> Methodist Church]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Dailey, David]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Itinerancy (Church polity)]]> Methodists]]> Methodist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia Conference]]> Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Baltimore Conference]]> Camp meetings]]> African Americans]]> United States--Delmarva Peninsula]]> Circuit riders]]> Methodist Church]]>
As with his first several diaries, Dailey recounts his travels, the people he meets, including separate black classes, and his physical and emotional state throughout. This diary begins with a brief account of the Philadelphia meeting, which Dailey describes as disagreeable, and his assignment to the Cambridge circuit, which he explains is the same as the Dorchester circuit to which he was previously assigned.

Dailey travels through much bad weather on horse and by canoe to preach, visit with the sick, perform baptisms, marriages, and funerals, and attend tent meetings. He also attends the Baltimore conference and records the names of the preachers he met there. Also during this time, Dailey's younger brother dies of typus, and Dailey's wife bears a second son.]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869]]> Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869]]> Voyages and travels]]> American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Steamboats]]>
Dorr traveled extensively throughout his life. This handwritten manuscript contains Dorr's notes about his many travels through the United States from 1819 to 1864. He often traveled through New England, but also visited the mid-Atlantic states, and even ventured into the deep South and as far West as the Green Bay area, stopping in Detroit and Chicago. He traveled by steamboat, stagecoach and horse; stayed with family and friends; dined with persons prominent in the military, church, politics and local businesses; and visited museums, hospitals, libraries, colleges, factories and local historical landmarks. He would sometimes preach and collect money for missionary work. The last entry details his visit to the Army of the Potomac in 1864.

A typewritten transcript of this manuscript has also been scanned for this project.]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869]]> Dorr, Benjamin, 1796-1869]]> Voyages and travels]]> American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)]]> Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Steamboats]]>
Dorr traveled extensively throughout his life. This manuscript was copied from one loaned to a Dr. Hedrick in 1941 or 1942, and contains Dorr's notes about his many travels through the United States from 1819 to 1864. He often traveled through New England, but also visited the mid-Atlantic states, and even ventured into the deep South and as far West as the Green Bay area, stopping in Detroit and Chicago. He traveled by steamboat, stagecoach and horse; stayed with family and friends; dined with persons prominent in the military, church, politics and local businesses; and visited museums, hospitals, libraries, colleges, factories and local historical landmarks. He would sometimes preach and collect money for missionary work. The last entry details his visit to the Army of the Potomac in 1864.]]> Diaries]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Sermons]]> Confirmation]]> Church membership]]> Church meetings]]> Love feasts]]> Church schools]]> Missionaries]]> American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)]]>
Topics covered include but are not limited to: descriptions of services & sermons; confirmations, marriages, receptions of new members, and deaths in the congregation; prayer meetings, congregational meetings, and love feasts; the arrival of new ministers; the practice of "pulpit exchange" with other denominations; fundraising for causes such as the Sunday School and missionary work; and the American Civil War.

Inserted printed materials include programs for church events such as the cornerstone ceremonies of 1855 and 1866, and news clippings on the Emancipation Proclamation.]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]>