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Peter Douglas Gorrie

GORRIE, Peter Douglas, clergyman, born in Glasgow, Scotland, 21 April, 1813; died in Potsdam, New York, 12 September, 1884. He emigrated to the United States in 1820, and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a member of the New York conference from 1836 till his death. He was a member of the New England historical society. He published "The Churches and Sects in the United States" (New York, 1850); "Episcopal Methodism as it Was and Is" (1852) ; "Lives of Eminent Methodist Ministers in Europe and America" (1852); an " Essay on Episcopal Succession "; and "Black River Conference Memorial." (1852, 2d vol., 1881).

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