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Peter Cartwright and a Scotched Empire of Memory
An obituary and tribute recount Peter Cartwright’s 87 years as a Western Methodist evangelist born in Virginia in 1784. The piece traces his rise, frontier work, quadrennial conferences, and Jubilee honors, ending with his Pleasant Plains funeral on September 27. It also includes tangential notes on other era topics and a bridge inspection.
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United States
John Wesley
George Washington
John Hancock
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Henry Clay
James Madison
John Randolph
Roger Sherman
Richard Henry Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Theodore Frelinghuysen
Rufus Choate
Edward Everett
Union
Continental Congress
New York City
Peter
American Methodist Church
Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Tsdt
Methodist Church
Jesse Walker
Asbury
McKendree
Pleasant Plains
Chicago
Methodism
George
Roberts
Soule
Hedding
J. O. Andrews
Emory
Waugh
Morris
Fiske
Hamline
Jones
Scott
Simpson
Baker
Ames
Methodist Episcopal Church
Alog
Stip
Kitch
New England
Ife
Peter Cartwright
Thompson
Peter the Great
Hil
J. Darger
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Tay
Scotland
Montreal
Dundee
Newport
de Bergue
Magazne
Mexico
Washington
Texas
Neuces
Rio Grande
Juarez
Chihuahua
Tamaulipas
Congressional Committee
Bravo
Cortinas
Cameron
Hidalgo
Starr
The
Gr Af Cortinas
McCook
Tenth United States Infantry
Grant
Territoria! Enterprise
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