FREEBORN GARRETTSON

The sources to which I have gone for Information Concerning Freeborn Garrettson are: The Life of Garrettson, by Nathan Bangs, written by him at the request of the family; Garrettson's Journal, which was brought out in 1791 and contained an account of his experiences and travels up to June 28, 1790; his manuscript Journals; manuscript Notes on his Printed Journals, and an incomparable collection of Garrettson letters and papers in Drew Theological Seminary; the Semi-centennial Sermon which he preached before the New York Conference in 1826; Asbury's Journal, Lee's Short History of the Methodists, and the various other histories of American Methodism, together with numerous other books relating directly or indirectly to the period of the Methodist Episcopal Church covered by his life.
The picture of Garrettson which appears in Bangs's Life of Garrettson, and which has been reproduced many times since, is from a painting by Paradise and engraved by Durand. The picture in this volume is from a miniature portrait, painted by J. Thomson for Mrs. Garrettson, and which remained in the family until the death of Miss Garrettson, when it came into the possession of Drew Theological Seminary, where it now is. It has never before been reproduced, and is of peculiar interest inasmuch as it was a favorite picture with both Mrs. and Miss Garrettson.