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Letter from John Early (Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]) to Robert Paine - July 18, 1855
Early, John, 1786-1873A 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. -
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Letter from John Early (Nashville, Tennessee) to Robert Paine - October 13, 1860
Early, John, 1786-1873A letter from John Early to Robert Paine reporting on the success of the Western Virginia, Kentucky, and Louisville conferences, discussing issues with James Atkins, and asking Paine to pass along Early's greetings to members of the Holston Conference. -
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Letter from John Early (Nashville, Tennessee) to Robert Paine (Asheville, North Carolina) - October 16, 1860
Early, John, 1786-1873A letter from John Early to Robert Paine presenting options for arranging their attendance schedules at various conferences, reporting on the Western Virginia, Kentucky, and Louisville Conferences, mentioning that he is preparing certificates for ministers converting from other denominations, and discussing an issue of funding for missionaries to be sent to Central America. -
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Letter from John Early (Richmond, Virginia) to Robert Paine (Aberdeen, Mississippi) - February 24, 1862
Early, John, 1786-1873A 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.