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  • A letter from John Early to Robert Paine mentioning that he and his wife travelled to Philadelphia to settle his daughter Bettie (Elizabeth) for medical treatment, sharing his plans to travel to Western Virginia, arguing that it is too expensive to send one of the Bishops to California and that he will discuss the matter with Bishop Andrew, confirming Paine's decisions to transfer two preachers to the St. Louis Conference, recommending that preachers be pulled from the Mississippi and St. Louis Conferences to man the Kansas Mission, and offering to hold one of Paine's Conferences so that he can focus on writing the biography of Bishop McKendree.
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    Letter from John Early (Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]) to Robert Paine - July 18, 1855

    Early, John, 1786-1873
    Date
    1855-07-18
    Collection
    Robert Paine papers
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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    A letter from John Early to Robert Paine mentioning that he and his wife travelled to Philadelphia to settle his daughter Bettie (Elizabeth) for medical treatment, sharing his plans to travel to Western Virginia, arguing that it is too expensive to send one of the Bishops to California and that he will discuss the matter with Bishop Andrew, confirming Paine's decisions to transfer two preachers to the St. Louis Conference, recommending that preachers be pulled from the Mississippi and St.
  • A letter from John Early to Robert Paine discussing the dangerous state of affairs in Virginia and Tennessee and recommending that they postpone the General Conference until 1863 since a number of conferences will not be able to safely hold their annual meetings due to military action.
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    Letter from John Early (Richmond, Virginia) to Robert Paine (Aberdeen, Mississippi) - February 24, 1862

    Early, John, 1786-1873
    Date
    1862-02-24
    Collection
    Robert Paine papers
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    yellow checkmark Free
    to use
    A letter from John Early to Robert Paine discussing the dangerous state of affairs in Virginia and Tennessee and recommending that they postpone the General Conference until 1863 since a number of conferences will not be able to safely hold their annual meetings due to military action.
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