PETER CARTWRIGHT
\pˈiːtə kˈɑːtɹa͡ɪt], \pˈiːtə kˈɑːtɹaɪt], \p_ˈiː_t_ə k_ˈɑː_t_ɹ_aɪ_t]\
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An American controversialist and sermonist; born in Virginia, Sept. 1, 1785; died Sept. 25, 1872. He was a Methodist clergyman, of great power and eccentricity, and preached, it is said, fully 15,000 sermons. He published "A Controversy with the Devil"; "Autobiography of a Backwoods Preacher"; "Fifty Years a Presiding Elder".
By Charles Dudley Warner
