Letter from Francis Asbury to the members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, March 5, 1805.

Letter from Francis Asbury to the members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the Olive Branch, Brunswick County, Virginia, March 5, 1805.

Bishop Francis Asbury held firm administrative control over the fledgling Methodist Episcopal Church. With this letter he informed those who had petitioned to hold the 1806 Virginia Conference at Olive Branch that it would be held in Norfolk instead.