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[Methodist Tract Sammelband] An Address to the Members and Friends of the Methodist Society in Newcastle WITH An Account of the Trials of Alex. Kilham WITH An Account of the Trial of Alexander Kilham WITH A Defence of the Account Published By Alexander Kilham of His Trial [Etc.Etc] Various: Various, 1792. First Edition. 12mo. Hardback. Good. Sammelband of eight pamphlets on Methodism. Comprising: 1. An Address to the Members and Friends of the Methodist Society in Newcastle, no publisher, no place ?(Newcastle), 1792, [2], iii-vi, 6-24pp; 2. An Account of the Trials of Alex. Kilham at Two District Meetings Previous to His Trial at the Conference Held at London 1796, Written by Himself, no publisher, no place, no date, [3], 4-48pp (lacks A¹, title page, replaced in ms.); 3. An Account of the Trial of Alexander Kilham, Methodist Preacher, Before the General Conference, in London: on the 26th, 27th, and 28th, July 1796, printed by C. Sutton, Nottingham, n.d., [3], iv-vi, [1], 2-53p, [3]; 4. A Defence of the Account, Published by Alexander Kilham, of His Trial Before the London Conference, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Six In Answer to Messrs. Mather, Pawson, and Benson, printed by Binns and Brown, Leeds, [1796], [3], 4-58pp; 5. Free Inquiry, Mutual Deliberation, and Liberty of Conscience, Proved to be the Only Bonds of Lasting Union Amongst the Methodists (etc. etc.), Printed by R. Edwards, Bristol, 1796, [3], vi-vii, 8-99pp, [1]; 6. Short Remarks on a Pamphlet, Entitled ‘An Explanation of Mr. Kilham’s Statement of the Preachers Allowance’ (etc. etc.), Printed by C. Sutton, Nottingham, 1796, [3], 4-12pp; 7. An Appeal to the Members of the Methodist Connexion: Being an Answer to the Manchester Protest (etc. etc.), no publisher, no place (?Manchester), n.d. but probably 1796, [3], 4-29pp, [1]; 8. Shaw, Thomas, A Letter to Mr. Alexander Mather, As a Reply to his Addenda to the Manchester Protest (etc. etc.), no publisher, no place, no date but probably 1796, [3], 4-24pp

Old roan boards, modern reback, smooth back, spine divided into six panels by gilt single rule, title lettered direct to second panel

Slightly rubbed externally, internally lightly browned throughout with occasional soiling. The second mentioned lacks title, the fifth mentioned probably lacks a half-title, also has a small hole to C¹ catching a couple of words, a small nick to top margin of H⁴ and H⁵, a larger nick to H⁶ catching a couple of words but with no loss of sense, a large closed tear to I¹, but without loss of sense, and a large gouge to I², catching several letters, but without too much loss of sense. Partially destroyed book label of Bethel Library to front pastedown, with a previous owner’s name ink stamp to ffep

Mainly relating to Alexander Kilham, and the controversies surrounding his view that the Methodists should completely separate from the Church of England. Kilham, Alexander, (1762-1798), a founder of the Methodist New Connexion. He was dismissed as a preacher in 1796, setting up a magazine The Methodist Monitor (an advert for this appears at the end of the third mentioned), and the Methodist New Connexion, which gained some five thousand members in its first year (see ODNB)