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Pitt Library at the Candler School of Theology has an exhibit on the first Methodist Bishops Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke. John Wesley sent Asbury to America in 1771 and Coke in 1784.The online exhibit includes a number of important documents including a copy of the John Wesley’s Declaration and establishment of the conference of the people called Methodists, the sermon where Asbury was first referred to as bishop and Asbury’s journal.