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Differences Between Old and New School Presbyterians

Lewis Cheeseman's 1848 pamphlet contrasts Old and New School Presbyterians, accusing the New School of denying original sin, imputation, penal atonement, and core Reformed doctrines.

Lewis Cheeseman, John Chase Lord ⬩ 1848

A Semi-Centenary Discourse — A History of the First African Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, and a Brief Notice of Rev. John Gloucester

1857 semi-centenary sermon by Rev. W.T. Catto at First African Presbyterian Church, tracing the church's history and urging Christian and communal progress under the command "Go forward."

William Thomas Catto ⬩ 1857

The Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia: A Camera and Pen Sketch of Each Presbyterian Church and Institution in the City

An 1895 pictorial and historical survey of the Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia: photographs, sketches, founding dates, pastors, elders, institutions, and an index of ministers.

William Prescott White, William Cassady Cattell, Willard Martin Rice ⬩ 1895

Memorial Address Delivered at Lafayette College, Founder’s Day, October Twenty-Third, 1892

William C. Cattell’s 1892 memorial address honors Ario Pardee, recounting his rise from farmer’s son to coal operator and benefactor who rescued and endowed Lafayette College.

William Cassady Cattell, Ethelbert Dudley Warfield ⬩ 1892

Aaron Burr, D.D.

Encyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Contains biographical sketches, institutional histories, revivals, and educational and ecclesiastical records.

Alfred Nevin ⬩ 1884

Aaron Burr

Biographical notice of Aaron Burr (1715–1757), Presbyterian minister and president of the College of New Jersey; his conversion to Calvinism, role in revivals, and educational labors.

William Buell Sprague ⬩ 1858

Frederick Thomas Brown, D.D.

1893 necrological report (Princeton Theological Seminary Alumni) summarizing obituaries and ministerial biographies of Presbyterian clergy, e.g., Wailes and Frederick T. Brown.

1893

Gilbert Robbins Brackett, D.D.

Encyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, containing biographical sketches of ministers, historical notes on assemblies, churches, and institutions.

Alfred Nevin ⬩ 1884

John Calvin Boyd

A late-19th-century history of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, offering biographical sketches of ministers, congregations, missions, institutions, and abolitionist testimony.

William Melancthon Glasgow ⬩ 1888

The Old Scots Memorial

Says revision of the Westminster Confession will likely fail amid division and urges attention to practical church work. Notes dedication of an Old Scots memorial honoring early American Presbyterian founders.

1900

John Boyd

Biographical sketches of early Presbyterian ministers (to 1760) in New Jersey by Richard Webster, with C. Van Rensselaer & W. Blackwood. Published 1857 by the Presbyterian Historical Society.

1857

James Robert Boyd, D.D.

Necrological report (Princeton Theological Seminary, May 6, 1890): obituaries and biographical notices of deceased alumni, including James R. Boyd.

1890

The Miscellaneous Writings of Miles P. Squier, D.D., Late Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, Beloit College, Wisconsin: With an Autobiography

Selected writings and autobiography of Miles P. Squier, detailing his missionary tours in Western New York, pastorate in Buffalo, college lectures, and theological essays.

Miles Powell Squier, James Robert Boyd ⬩ 1867

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Differences Between Old and New School Presbyterians

A Semi-Centenary Discourse — A History of the First African Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, and a Brief Notice of Rev. John Gloucester

The Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia: A Camera and Pen Sketch of Each Presbyterian Church and Institution in the City

Memorial Address Delivered at Lafayette College, Founder’s Day, October Twenty-Third, 1892

Aaron Burr, D.D.

Aaron Burr

Frederick Thomas Brown, D.D.

Gilbert Robbins Brackett, D.D.

John Calvin Boyd

The Old Scots Memorial

John Boyd

James Robert Boyd, D.D.

The Miscellaneous Writings of Miles P. Squier, D.D., Late Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, Beloit College, Wisconsin: With an Autobiography

Address on the Life and Death of Rev. A.H.H. Boyd, D.D., of Winchester, Va.

Edwin Rea Bower, D.D.

Stephen Bovelle, D.D.

The Life, Public Services, Addresses and Letters of Elias Boudinot, Vol. 2

The Life, Public Services, Addresses and Letters of Elias Boudinot, Vol. 1

Robert Hamilton Bishop, D.D.

Thomas Beveridge

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