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Assorted References

Methodism
- In Methodism: America

Additional Reading

Peter Cartwright, Autobiography of Peter Cartwright (1856, reissued 1986), is a good source on the circuit rider’s life.

Article Contributors

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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors

Gloria Lotha

Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Circuit Rider.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 18, 2011
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998