RT Article
T1 The Conversion of a Cork Candle-MakerAn Account by Hester Ann Rogers (1788)
JF Wesley and Methodist studies
VO 14
IS 2
SP 191
OP 214
A1 Holloway, Luke
A1 McGill, Martha
A2 McGill, Martha
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1824433239
AB In 1788, Cork candle-maker Cadwallader Acteson was driven to repent of his sins by a host of otherworldly visitants. The story was recorded and circulated in manuscript, almost certainly by the Methodist writer Hester Ann Rogers. This article is a transcription of the copy, ascribed to Elizabeth Ritchie, that resides at the Methodist Archives and Research Centre, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Manchester. Cadwallader's idiosyncratic story offers a window into gender roles and conceptions of agency in the late eighteenth century, and sheds light on how Methodist notions of the conversion experience might fuse with the beliefs of local communities.
K1 Devil
K1 "Hester Ann Rogers"
K1 Gender
K1 Ghosts
K1 Supernatural
DO 10.5325/weslmethstud.14.2.0191