1785-1840's WESLEYAN & METHODIST Autograph & Holograph Collection - John Wesley, George Dawson, &c

64 autograph items originating from the estate of the Grime family. James Grime had been a close personal friend of Adam Clarke and other early Methodists. Most of the present seem to have been obtained in person if in the autograph book and largely assembled by Grime if not.  A total of 30 items loose and note included in the album, though some still addressed to the Grime family. The album, that of Emily Grime, James' daughter, includes 34 inscriptions, most a full page or more.  Items include: Two autographs and inscriptions by Jewish Missionary, Joseph Wolff. An early handwritten copy of an unpublished letter by John Wesley [1785]. Autographs by Wesleyan Divine, John Hannah; Baptist, William Gadsby, Congregationalist, Thomas Raffles. Autographs by Wesleyan Divine, Robert Newton; early Methodist convert and preacher, Cornelius Bayley [autograph passage from when he was an Anglican; just an extract from a minutes book or similar; inscribed by Grime]; Charles P. Villiers, one of the f