Collection ID: 0046 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Diary of preacher David Dailey, 1816-1817

Authors

• St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• Dailey, David

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

StGeorge.DiaryOfDavidDaileyNo4
(Philadelphia, United States, St. George's United Methodist Church)

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/StGeorge.DiaryOfDavidDaileyNo4

Publisher

St. George's United Methodist Church

Language

English

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

David Dailey's diary from his second year preaching on the Snow Hill circuit, from April 17, 1816 to March 16, 1817. 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.

Extent

96 pages;

Support

Paper

Related resources

• Philadelphia Congregations Early Records Project (https://philadelphiacongregations.org)
• ATLA Digital Library (https://dl.atla.com/collections/philadelphia-congregations-early-records-project)

Subjects topical

• Itinerancy (Church polity)
• African Americans
• Methodists
• Camp meetings
• Circuit riders
• Methodist Church
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Genres

• Manuscripts
• Diaries

Keywords

• 19th century

Licenses

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