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Cokesbury College

Abingdon, Maryland
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Cokesbury College was the first Methodist college in the world, established at Abingdon on June 5, 1785, by Bishops Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury. It was destroyed by fire on December 4, 1796, and was located 175 yards east of this point.
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