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A Brand from the Burning

Post–Civil War letters criticize the President's reception of a colored delegation compared to rebels. They urge a constitutional amendment to secure freedmen's voting rights and warn against southern resistance.
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The Works of Thomas Reid, Vol. 1

Biography and collected works of Thomas Reid: preface, contents, and Dugald Stewart’s account; examines Reid’s philosophy, critique of Locke, senses, perception, and Aristotle’s logic.
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The Works of Thomas Reid, Vol. 2

Thomas Reid argues for careful study of the mind’s faculties, distinguishing material and intellectual worlds and urging empirical inquiry into perception, memory, and conception.
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The Works of Thomas Reid, Vol. 3

Thomas Reid's Essays on the Intellectual Powers examine general words, general conceptions, universals, and the human faculties of judgment and reasoning.
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The Works of Thomas Reid, Vol. 4

Philosophical examination of the human will: defines volition, distinguishes it from desire and command, and analyzes objects, power, motives, instinct, and habit.
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A History of Colonization on the Western Coast of Africa

History of American colonization on West Africa’s coast (Sierra Leone & Liberia), tracing origins, the American Colonization Society, expeditions, governance, conflicts, and missions through 1841.
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March 3, 1797 Joint Letter to George Washington (1797)

Argues that Christianity and morality are foundational to American civil institutions; presents clergy correspondence and Washington’s replies endorsing religion’s role in government.
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Ought the Confession of Faith to Be Revised?

Presbyterian leaders (DeWitt, Van Dyke, Warfield, Shedd) debate proposed revisions to the Westminster Confession, centering on predestination, reprobation, God’s love, and infant salvation.
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The Church and Its Polity

Selections of Charles Hodge's essays on the nature, unity, and government of the Church, defending Presbyterian polity and treating church-state relations and ecclesiastical practice.
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Dissent of the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia (1773)

Minutes record a Synod debate over whether presbyteries or the Synod should admit and ordain foreign ministers. The Second Presbytery of Philadelphia formally protests, defending presbyterial rights.
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George Dodd Armstrong, D.D., LL.D.

Dec 1899 Princeton Bulletin publishes obituary sketches of John I. Blair, George D. Armstrong, Charles Imbrie and others, highlighting philanthropy, trusteeship, Presbyterian ministry, and education.

Gilbert Tennent

Biographical sketches of early Presbyterian ministers focusing on Gilbert Tennent—his conversion and powerful revival preaching across New England and the Middle Colonies during the Great Awakening.
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Gilbert Tennent

Biography of Gilbert Tennent, an 18th-century Presbyterian revivalist whose powerful preaching fueled the Great Awakening, provoked church schism, and later worked toward reconciliation.
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Rev. Gilbert Tennent

Encyclopedic account of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S., focusing on the history of Tennent Church and biographies of the Tennent ministers. Contains institutional notes and records.
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The Presbyterian Magazine, Vol. 1

Preface and essays from an 1821 Presbyterian magazine defending a monthly for evangelical truth. Argues that revelation accords with reason, cites prophecy, miracles and resurrection as evidence, and stresses salvation by grace through faith and the proper proclamation of law and gospel.
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