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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.

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View of the Valley of the Mississippi

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1834

1834 emigrant's and traveller's guide to the Valley of the Mississippi: concise geography, resources, climate, history, cities, education, maps and practical advice for settlement and travel.

Memoir of Anna Jane Linnard

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1835

A Letter to Lord Brougham, on the Subject of American Slavery

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1835

1835 letter to Lord Brougham defending Americans on slavery. Traces British responsibility, colonial resistance, constitutional compromises, and early abolition in Northern states.

Jubilee of the Reformation

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1836

Account of the Reformation in Geneva (1520s–1530s), detailing the labors of Farel and Froment, early converts, persecution, and the spread of Protestant doctrine.

Memoir of the Rev. Joseph Sanford, A.M., Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1836

Memoir of Rev. Joseph Sanford, American Presbyterian minister, detailing his pious life, education, and pastoral labors. Contains personal reflections, letters, and devotional meditations.

Histoire des Sociétés de Tempérance des États Unis d’Amérique

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1836

History of U.S. temperance societies: traces alcohol's discovery, medical uses, spread of spirits, import/production stats and causes prompting the temperance reform.

Transplanted Flowers: Or, Memoirs of Mrs. Rumpff, Daughter of John Jacob Astor, Esq., and the Duchess de Broglie, Daughter of Madame de Staël

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1839

Memoir of Mrs. Rumpff, daughter of John Jacob Astor, and other devout Christian women. Preface surveys post‑Waterloo evangelical revival in Europe, especially France.

Visit to Northern Europe

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1841

Religion in America: Or, An Account of the Origin, Relation to the State, and Present Condition of the Evangelical Churches in the United States

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1844

1856 survey of the origin, state relations, and condition of evangelical churches in the U.S., covering colonial history, the voluntary system, revivals, denominations, and missions.

Religion in America: Or, An Account of the Origin, Relation to the State, and Present Condition of the Evangelical Churches in the United States

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1856

Preface to Robert Baird's 1856 survey of religion in the United States, outlining the origin, state relations, denominations, revivals, and missionary activity of evangelical churches.

Introduction to J.H. Merle d’Aubigné, Puseyism Examined

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1843

Sketches of Protestantism in Italy

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1845

Survey of Protestantism in Italy: its Reformation history, suppression, and the Waldenses' origin, condition, and prospects; covers persecution and contemporary religious state.

D’Aubigné, and His Writings

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1846

The Modern Vaudois

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1847

Survey of the Waldenses/Vaudois and Albigenses: their long persecutions, survival in the Alpine valleys, restorations, and their modern condition with Protestant aid.

Influence of Christianity on Civil and Religious Liberty

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1848

Baird argues Christianity secures civil and religious liberty, freeing people from sin, superstition, and ignorance, reforming society, family life, and opposing slavery.

Impressions and Experiences in the West Indies and North America in 1849

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1850

Robert Baird's 1849 travel memoir recounts impressions of the West Indies and North America: islands, colonial society, slavery and emancipation, cities, and sanitary resorts.

The Progress and Prospects of Christianity in the United States of America

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1851

Report on the history and state of Christianity in the U.S., surveying colonial settlement, immigration, denominational differences. Argues slavery and church–state ties hindered religious progress.

The Christian Retrospect and Register

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1851

The Christian Retrospect and Register

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1855

Mid-19th-century survey of material, moral, and religious progress in the first half of the 19th century, covering politics, science, education, missions, and Protestant expansion.

Old Sights With New Eyes

Robert Martyn Baird, Jr. ⬩ 1854

Mid-19th-century travelogue recounting a voyage to Europe: sea-sickness, shipboard life, encounters with captain and crew, reflections on God's presence and sailors' hardships.

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View of the Valley of the Mississippi

Memoir of Anna Jane Linnard

A Letter to Lord Brougham, on the Subject of American Slavery

Jubilee of the Reformation

Memoir of the Rev. Joseph Sanford, A.M., Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia

Histoire des Sociétés de Tempérance des États Unis d’Amérique

Transplanted Flowers: Or, Memoirs of Mrs. Rumpff, Daughter of John Jacob Astor, Esq., and the Duchess de Broglie, Daughter of Madame de Staël

Visit to Northern Europe

Religion in America: Or, An Account of the Origin, Relation to the State, and Present Condition of the Evangelical Churches in the United States

Religion in America: Or, An Account of the Origin, Relation to the State, and Present Condition of the Evangelical Churches in the United States

Introduction to J.H. Merle d’Aubigné, Puseyism Examined

Sketches of Protestantism in Italy

D’Aubigné, and His Writings

The Modern Vaudois

Influence of Christianity on Civil and Religious Liberty

Impressions and Experiences in the West Indies and North America in 1849

The Progress and Prospects of Christianity in the United States of America

The Christian Retrospect and Register

The Christian Retrospect and Register

Old Sights With New Eyes

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