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title: 'The Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York: Historical and Biographical Sketches of Its First Fifty Years'
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authors:
- 'George Lewis Prentiss'
date: 1889-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Church History, Autobiography, and Biography'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'Acts 6'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/prentiss-1889-the-union-theological-seminary-in-the-city-of-new-york-historical-and-biographical-sketches-of-its-first-fifty-years
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# The Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York: Historical and Biographical Sketches of Its First Fifty Years

Historical and biographical sketch of Union Theological Seminary's first fifty years (founded c.1836). Reviews its origin, founders, early trials, purpose as a nonpartisan training school.

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