COLLECTION NAME:
Methodist Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL030573tr
Reference Number:
PLP/34/27
Image Title:
Dobson letter
Parent Work Title:
Letter to Nehemiah Curnock
Creator:
Dobson, Joseph
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1844-01-19
Description:
Letter to the Wesleyan minister Nehemiah Curnock, 19 January 1844, written from the Condemned Cell at York Castle the night before Dobson was hanged for murder. The Methodist mission to condemned prisoners remained very important until the abolition of the death penalty in the late 20th century.
Language:
English
Subject:
Death
Subject:
Methodist Church
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Christianity
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: York
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Methodist Church
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work:
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes (TMCP)
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2006-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Dobson letter
