Conable, F. W. History of the Genesee Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, from its Organization by Bishops Asbury and M'Kendree in 1810, to the year 1872. New York: Nelson & Phillips, for the Author, 1876. First Edition. [11813]
Green cloth, decorated in black & bright gilt, edge-worn with some fraying, corners worn through, joints good, 9 x 6 1/4 inches. Type-written sheet of pastors and their years of service 1853-1997 for the church at Marilla laid in. Former owner's notes in blue ink with date 1976 on the ffep, with paper address label. Fine steel portrait of M'Kendree with tissue guard as frontispiece; 9 additional wood/steel engravings. 736 generally clean pp.; light marginal pencil marks scattered throughout. Good. Hardcover.
Title continues: Embracing the more Important Proceedings of every Session, with Notes of the Times, and Notices of the Educational and other Enterprises of the Church; of the Divisions of the Conference, and of the Arrangement of the Itinerant Work from year to year; Pioneer Experiences, Remarkable Revivals and Conversions, Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Incidents, Anecdotes, etc. etc.
When this Conference was first formed it consisted of all of western New York from the Susquehanna River to Buffalo, and the lower portion of Canada. The account from the early years are from pioneer days, and give insights and knowledge of life along this frontier found nowhere else. Includes accounts of camp meetings and revivals.
