"John Stewart Controversy Part 2"

Summary: 
Methodist Episcopal Church – John Stewart Controversy Part 2
Description: 

117F – Newspaper Clipping: Who Established the First Methodist Church Mission?, The Topeka Daily Capital, September 3, 1906 (Article that details Connelley's rebuttal to Lillian Walker Hale's demand for "original documents") Also includes Connelley’s handwritten Draft, 5 pages, August 20, 1906 and his typewritten Draft, 6 pages, September 2, 1906
117G – Letter to Connelley from Lillian Walker Hale, September 24, 1906 (Lillian Walker Hale continues to disbelieve the importance of John Stewart, citing her aunt, Mrs. A. J. Browne, as a source to further her claims. Walker Hale also attempts to discredit John Stewart by saying that records in the past are "unreliable," and as an example she says that "no one will write the exact truth of John Brown.")
117H – Letter to Connelley from C. Patterson, September 26, 1906 (Patterson is reaching out to Connelley in regard to the John Stewart controversy that he read about in the newspapers.)

Original Date Description: 
2-Sep-06
Location Description: 
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas