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Hardcover. Condition: VG set in orig. black cloth. Reprint. 4 vols., complete; frontis. to each vol.; 19 cm. Vol. I. The planting of American Methodism [1766-1784]: introduction; book I. from the origin of American Methodism to the beginning of the Revolutionary War; book II. from the beginning of the Revolutionary War, to the episcopal organization of Methodism, 1775-1784 (ch. 1-5, general history) [first printed in 1864] 423 p.; front. (port. of Thomas Coke) -- Vol. II. The planting and training of American Methodism: book II (ch. 6-9, the annual conferences); book III. organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church; book IV. from the organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church to the first regular general conference, 1785-1792 [first printed in 1864or5] 511 p.; front. (port. of Captain Thomas Webb) -- Vol. III. Book V. from the general conference of 1792 to the general conference of 1804 (ch. 1-11, 1792-1796; 12-17, 1796-1804 in the South, middle and northern states, 1796-1804) [first printed in 1865] 510 p.; front. (port. of William McKendree) -- Vol. IV. Book V (ch. 18-22, eastern states and the West; conferences of 1800 and 1804); book VI. from the general conference of 1804 to the general conference of 1820 [first printed in 1867] 522 p. (index to set, p. [512]-22); front. (port. of Richard Whatcoat).