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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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365 Desserts: A Dessert for Every Day in the Year

1900 cookbook '365 Desserts' with daily dessert recipes for January — pies, puddings, custards, creams and more, compiled from Marion Harland, Mrs. Lincoln and periodicals.
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Dr. Dale: A Story Without a Moral

Novel excerpt set in Pitvale's oil boom: two clergymen clash over a bachelors' club serving beer, exposing temperance, moral conflict, and social decay in a boomtown.
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Hannah More

Biography of Hannah More tracing her childhood, education, literary career and Christian formation, with anecdotes of family, reading, and early influences.
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William Cowper

Biography of William Cowper: his home life, mental struggles, conversion, friendships (John Newton, Mrs. Unwin), and his writings, including the Olney Hymns.
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Home Topics

A critique of impractical household hygiene advice for the wealthy, urging sensible, attainable housekeeping and economy for modest homes without needless strain.
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Charlotte Brontë at Home

Marion Harland's biography of Charlotte Brontë traces her Yorkshire childhood, family losses, education, literary rise, and marriage, illustrated and grounded in primary letters and inquiry.
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More Colonial Homesteads and Their Stories

Sketches and histories of American colonial homesteads and families—Johnson Hall, Morven, Scotia, Doughoregan Manor and others—by Marion Harland (1899).
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An Old-Field School-Girl

Excerpt from Marion Harland's 1897 story depicting a 19th‑century Virginia one‑room schoolhouse, a new young teacher, and local debates over discipline and education.
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Ruth Bergen’s Limitations: A Modern Auto-da-Fe

A domestic Christian novel about Ruth Bergen, a devout young woman betrothed to a minister. It portrays piety, family life, courtship, and small-town church society.
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Some Colonial Homesteads and Their Stories

1897 collection of essays recounting the histories, architecture, and family legacies of American colonial homesteads such as Brandon, Westover, Jamestown, and others.
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The National Cook Book

1896 The National Cook Book by Marion Harland & Christine Terhune Herrick. A practical household manual of ~1,000 tested recipes with guidance on appetizers, breads, meats, desserts, preserves, and service.
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The Secret of a Happy Home

A 19th-century guide arguing that home happiness rests on order, kindness, and mutual forbearance; celebrates women's role in shaping family life and offers practical domestic and spiritual counsel.
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