Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine,  3rd ser. 3 (1824), 127–34.

Barbadoes

Anon

Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Letter; Introduction; Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

William J Shrewsbury

Subjects:

Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals, Crime


    William J Shrewsbury's letter describes how opponents of the Methodist mission prepared thin glass bottles filled with 'a mixture of oil and asafoetida' which they then threw among the congregation during a Sunday service (129).



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