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.
February 5, 1848 Letter to Walter Lowrie on the Death of His Son, Walter Macon Lowrie
Memoirs of Rev. Walter M. Lowrie, an American Presbyterian missionary to China. Edited by his father, collecting letters, journals, voyage and shipwreck accounts, mission labors, and tributes.
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July 16, 1846 Letter
1846 Spencer Academy report on Choctaw school examinations and speeches urging Christian education and Bible reading as the path to improvement. Notes finances and temperance.
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An Exposition of the Form of Government and Rules of Discipline of the Presbyterian Church in the United States
Exposition of the Presbyterian Book of Church Order, explaining the Form of Government and Rules of Discipline: the church, its members, officers, courts, and the duty of discipline.
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Internal Evidence as to the Authenticity of Mark XVI
Pieces on seminary curriculum, a textual critique of Mark 16:9–20's authenticity, and a debate on effectual calling vs. regeneration in relation to the Shorter Catechism.
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Paul on the Lord’s Supper, in First Corinthians XI
Critiques historical-rationalist trends and provides textual, exegetical analysis of 1 Corinthians 11, arguing the Lord's Supper is a symbolic ceremony rather than a sacerdotal sacrament.
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New Names for the Forms of the Hebrew Finite Verb
Scholarly study of Assyrian sentence order and Semitic verb-forms; advocates calling Hebrew forms 'Prefixal' and 'Suffixal' and traces historical syntactic development.
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History of the United States, From Their First Settlement as English Colonies, in 1607, to the Year 1808, Vol. 3
Volume III of David Ramsay's History of the United States (continued by S. S. Smith), covering 1782–1814: civil history, the Constitution, foreign relations, and the War of 1812.
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History of the United States, From Their First Settlement as English Colonies, in 1607, to the Year 1808, Vol. 2
David Ramsay's History of the United States (Vol. II) examines causes and early events of the American Revolution, British coercive measures, and the opening conflicts at Lexington and Concord.
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An Eulogium upon Benjamin Rush, M.D.
Eulogy honoring Benjamin Rush (1745–1813), eminent American physician, teacher, and medical reformer. Reviews his life, professional contributions, and Christian upbringing.
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Memoirs of the Life of Martha Laurens Ramsay
Memoirs of Martha Laurens Ramsay (1759–1811): a biographical collection of diary extracts and letters highlighting warm, practical Bible piety, patient submission, and Christian devotion.
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History of South Carolina, From Its First Settlement in 1670 to the Year 1808, Vol. 2
Ramsay's ecclesiastical history of South Carolina (1670–1808), detailing the Church of England's establishment, parish system, clergy, lay commissioners, and conflicts with dissenters.
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History of South Carolina, From Its First Settlement in 1670 to the Year 1808, Vol. 1
David Ramsay's 1808 History of South Carolina: a civil and military account from earliest settlement (1670) through the Revolutionary era, with local surveys and statistical appendices.
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The Life of George Washington
David Ramsay's 1814 biography of George Washington recounts his birth, military campaigns, presidency, and retirement, presented as a model for American youth.
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An Oration, on the Cession of Louisiana, to the United States, Delivered on the 12th May, 1804, in St. Michael’s Church, Charleston, South-Carolina
David Ramsay's 1804 Charleston oration celebrates the Louisiana Purchase as a providential boon that secures commerce, national unity, western expansion, and peaceful relations with natives.
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The Charleston Medical Register for the Year M.DCCCII
David Ramsay's 1803 Charleston Medical Register documents 1802 epidemics (smallpox, measles, influenza, yellow fever), treatments, Jennerian vaccination, and public-health responses.
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