Archives
The Confessional Presbyterian Archive is a curated digital library dedicated to preserving and promoting the writings of 17th–20th century Presbyterian pastors, teachers, and leaders. Featuring thousands of searchable texts, biographies, and historical resources, the archive provides direct access to the primary-source materials of American Presbyterianism.
August 4, 1793 Letter to George Washington (1793)
Annotated 1897 catalogue of George Washington’s book collection at the Boston Athenaeum, listing volumes, provenance, and related pamphlets and writings.
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July 30, 1795 Letter to George Washington (1795)
Annotated 1897 catalogue of George Washington’s library at the Boston Athenaeum: inventory of books, pamphlets, presentation letters, and provenance notes.
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The Great Home Mission Field
A vigorous appeal for domestic missions in the expanding American West, urging the Church to evangelize settlers, counter saloons, infidelity and Romanism, and act without delay.
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Alaska, and Missions on the North Pacific Coast
1880 illustrated account of Alaska’s geography, peoples, resources, and culture, with detailed history of North Pacific missions, schools, and missionary work.
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A Statement of Facts Concerning the Difficulties at Sitka, Alaska, in 1885
Sheldon Jackson reports the 1885 Sitka dispute: local officials and Russian Creoles opposed a Presbyterian industrial school for Native children, resulting in injunctions over land.
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The Presbyterian Church in Alaska
Sketch of the rise of the Presbyterian Church in Alaska (1877–1884): Sheldon Jackson and fellow missionaries establishing missions, schools, native conversions, and securing funds.
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British Columbia
1880s survey of British Columbia: dramatic coast and mountains, rich timber, fisheries and minerals, population and schools, and extensive Protestant and Roman Catholic missions among Indigenous peoples.
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Establishing the New Mission Station at Point Barrow, Alaska
Woman’s Executive Committee urges final penny-a-day gifts and donations. Reports establishment of a refuge and the northernmost school at Point Barrow, Alaska, and reflects on God choosing pupils.
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Fur-Seal and the Seal Islands
Account of the Pribylov (fur-seal) islands: discovery, large-scale commercial sealing under Russian and U.S. control, leases and profits, poaching and international dispute, seal biology and Aleut life.
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Facts About Alaska
Survey of Alaska’s peoples, villages, missions, and schools in the late 19th century. Describes Inuit communities, missionary efforts, education, and hardships.
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A Land of Far Distances
Report on the first Christian Endeavor convention (Wrangell, Nov 1903) and Presbyterian missionary work in Alaska: native conversions, church growth, and frontier ministry during the gold rush.
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The Arctic Cruise of the United States Revenue Cutter “Bear”
Account of the 1895 Arctic cruise of the U.S. revenue cutter Bear: rescues, whaling-fleet aid, reindeer transport, native village visits, and educational and geographic observations.
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Memoranda Concerning Sheldon Jackson and the Moderatorship of the 109th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
Memoranda on Sheldon Jackson’s nomination for Moderator at the 109th Presbyterian General Assembly (1897), highlighting his long missionary service in the West and Alaska, mission concerns, and rival nominees.
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The Sermon at the Opening of the [GA] Assembly
Addresses on the 250th anniversary of the Westminster Assembly tracing Presbyterian roots in America, providential settlement, missions, and the church’s civic influence.
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The Sabbath at Home (1836)
Practical guidance for sanctifying the Lord’s Day at home: prepare Saturday night, keep the family together, avoid unnecessary work and visiting, and devote time to worship and instruction.
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“Right Soon”
A Presbyterian pastor recounts ministerial discouragement during an epidemic, a dying girl’s calm faith, and a young man’s struggle toward belief — urging urgent evangelism and conversion.
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Silas Milton Andrews, D.D.
Necrological report presenting obituaries of Presbyterian ministers Silas M. Andrews and Cochran Forbes, outlining their births, education, ministries, marriages, and deaths.
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