Author: Bledsoe, Rev. James Wiley
Title: Manuscript Sermons
Description: S. l. (Charlottesville, VA), By the author, 1897. Notebook, n. d. (1897); 8 x 6 1/4; pp. 1-86 (numbered in pencil); marbled paper over boards and 1/4 cloth (rebacked); manuscript text in brown ink; wear along edges of boards; mild, uniform age-toning to pages; overall in very good condition. Also included is a Registered Mail Receipt, dated June 17, 1897, from Rev. Bledsoe in Charlottesville to James B. Elam of J. B. Elam & Co. in Richmond. Rev. James Wiley Bledsoe (1841 - 1928) was an eloquent, influential, and prominent pastor of the Virginia Conference Methodist Church, whose sermons garnered devoted followers from Charlottesville to Danville and from Amherst to Norfolk. Educated at Humanity Hall Academy and at Emory and Henry College, he would take an active part in raising the Fluvanna Artillery during the Civil War, in which he served as a Second Officer. The sermons, appearing as series under the title "The Publican" - signed, titled, meticulously laid-out, and with an index added (at the end) - were presumably mailed by Rev. Bledsoe to James B. Elam, owner of a succesful real estate and auction business in Richmond. Very good .

Keywords: Religion, Manuscript


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