Moses Drury Hoge: Life and Letters
Biography of Moses Drury Hoge, an American Presbyterian minister. Chronicles his ancestry, long pastoral ministry, Civil War–era service, addresses, and collected letters.
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Moses Drury Hoge: Life and Letters
Regnant Men [Funeral Address for Robert Lewis Dabney]
Funeral address for Robert L. Dabney honoring his preaching, scholarship, and teaching; laments the church’s loss and urges prayer that God raise up faithful leaders.
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Letter on the Eternal Punishment of the Wicked
Article on the doctrine of eternal punishment: leading clergymen report mixed signs—some rising skepticism and changed emphases, but overall continued belief and pastoral concern.
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Memoirs of the Life of Miss Caroline Elizabeth Smelt
Memoir of Miss Caroline E. Smelt (1800–1817), compiled by Moses Waddel. A pious young woman’s short life, family background, and dying testimony published to edify youth and parents.
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February 25, 1832 Letter to William B. Sprague
Moses Waddel recounts Georgia revivals (1784, 1802, 1826), noting camp meetings, conversions, and ministerial duties; he urges fervent prayer, pastoral visitation and experimental preaching.
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Leaves from a Century Plant
Record of the 1868 centennial of Old Pine Street Church (Philadelphia), including addresses, hymns, decorations, portraits, historical sketches, pastors and membership lists.
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Letter to Adam Rankin (1793)
Mid-19th-century Presbyterian pieces defend exclusive use of David’s Psalms in worship, upholding Scripture against hymnic innovations; includes Robert Annan’s letter and a satire of Irish ‘miracles’.
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Exposition and Defense of the Westminster Assembly’s Confession of Faith (1787)
1855 edition of the 1787 ‘Overture’ defending the Westminster Confession. Exposition of doctrine (Scripture, Trinity, covenant, Christ) with history of the Associate Reformed Synod’s union.
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Account of a Skeleton of a Large Animal, Found Near Hudson’s River (1785, 1793)
Report of large fossil bones unearthed in New York, with detailed description, comparisons to elephants, and speculation on extinction causes (flood, earthquakes).
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Robert Annan
Biographical sketch of Rev. Robert Annan (1742–1819), a Scottish-born Associate Reformed minister who served in early American churches, was a Revolutionary patriot, pastor, scholar, and author.
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The Bible in the University of Virginia
Defends justification by faith alone, exhorts deep piety and regular family morning prayer, and appeals for funds to sustain the Siam mission press.
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The Last General Assembly
Discusses the 1851 General Assembly case of Duncan McAuley and insists presbyteries, not the Assembly, determine ministerial standing. Critiques ministers’ ability to awaken sinners.
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The Moral Character of Slavery: Letter No. 1
Richmond 1851 newspaper page containing ads, medical and legal notices, horse-racing reports, a runaway enslaved-man notice, and an editorial critiquing British colonial policy.
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The Moral Character of Slavery: Letter No. 10
Richmond Enquirer (1851): local notices on VMI, medical college, weights & measures, and horse racing; reports French threats to blockade Honolulu and U.S. interests in the Sandwich Islands.
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