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The front of the volume has 'Resolutions of the Conference held at Bristol, July 28&c, relating to the Missions'.
Pages 1-21: Copies of the signed 'Minutes of the Committee for managing the Methodist Missions', 2 September 1814-18 July 1815.
Pages 22-60: 'Letters on Missionary Business from Sept 6th 1814 till July 30th 1815'. A 'small portion' of the letters written by James Buckley, secretary to the Committee, dating from September 1814 until February 1815. In most instances the letters have been transcribed.
Pages 61-92: Copies of the signed 'Minutes of the Committee for Managing the Methodist Missions', 6 September 1815-10 August 1816.
Pages 93-256: 'Letters written on the Missionary Account During the 2nd year of my being Secretary to the Missions, commencing at the Conference held at Manchester in the latter end of July and beginning of August 1815'. Copies of letters written by James Buckley, secretary to the Committee, from 30 August 1815 until 23 August 1816. Vary in detail from simply recording date and name of recipient up to full transcriptions of letters. Each letter was assigned a number (in sequence).
Pages 257-258: [blank].
Pages 259-530: Copies of letters written by James Buckley, secretary to the Committee, from 19 September 1816 until 26 September 1819. Vary in detail from simply recording date and name of recipient up to full transcriptions of letters. Each letter was assigned a number (in sequence).
The rear of the volume has an alphabetical index to the recipients of letters with accompanying dates.
Also, volume contains an insert entitled 'All the Minutes of the Missionary Committee on America (U.S. and British) down to July 10 1817' being extracts from missionary committee minutes relating to North America from 3 September 1804 until 10 July 1817.
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