Research Catalog

Title

A short account of the rise and progress of the African M.E. Church in America / written by Christopher Rush, superintendent of the connexion, with the aid of George Collins ; also, a concise view of the church order of government, from Scripture, and from some of the best authors on the subject of church government relative to episcopacy.

Author

Rush, Christopher, 1777-1873

Publication

• New York : Published dy [sic] the author in 1843. Republished by Christopher Rush, Charles William Robinson, Abraham Cole, and James Simmons, 1866.
• ©1843.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Collins, George, active 1843.
• Robinson, Charles William
• Cole, Abraham
• Simmons, James, 1792-1874
• Zuille, John J.

Description

106, [2] pages; 18 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• African Americans > Religion
• African American Methodists > History
• African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church History
• Black author

Note

• " ... Be in remembered, that, on the twenty-third day of November, A.D. 1843, Christopher Rush ... deposited in this office the title of a book ... which is ... 'A short account of the rise and progress of the African M.E. Church in America ....'"--copyright statement, verso of title page.
• "J.J. Zuille, printer, 18 White street, N.Y."--printer statement, verso of title page.
• "The design of this treatise is to present to the view of the members of the church in particular, and the public in general, the manner in which the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church was formed and established in the city of New York, and how she became the mother church of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America, and her rise and progress ..."--Preface, p. [5].

Indexed In (note)

• Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

Apology for writing -- Preface -- On the formation and establishment of Zion Church -- Of the charter, and of the articles of agreement with the white general conference -- Of leasing and purchasing ground &c. -- Entrance of the Allenites in the city of New York -- Commencement of withdrawing from our white brethren -- How Zion Church became the mother church of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America, and her rise and progress -- Of the first and following yearly conferences -- Of our churches in connexion at the present date ; A view of the subject of church government ; Of infant baptism ; A sketch of the author's life.

Call Number

Sc Rare 287-R (Rush, C. Short account of the rise and progress. 1866)

LCCN

05001557

OCLC

• 3427178
• NYPGR3427178-B

Author

Rush, Christopher, 1777-1873, author.

Title

A short account of the rise and progress of the African M.E. Church in America / written by Christopher Rush, superintendent of the connexion, with the aid of George Collins ; also, a concise view of the church order of government, from Scripture, and from some of the best authors on the subject of church government relative to episcopacy.

Publisher

New York : Published dy [sic] the author in 1843. Republished by Christopher Rush, Charles William Robinson, Abraham Cole, and James Simmons, 1866.

Copyright Date

©1843.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 74248

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 287-R (accession no. B527330) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Afro-American author.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Collins, George, active 1843.

Robinson, Charles William, publisher.

Cole, Abraham, publisher.

Simmons, James, 1792-1874, publisher.

Zuille, John J., printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 287-R (Rush, C. Short account of the rise and progress. 1866)