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The Presbyterians, 1783-1840 : a collection of source materials

Title
The Presbyterians, 1783-1840 : a collection of source materials / by William Warren Sweet.
Author
Sweet, William Warren, 1881-1959.
Publication
New York ; London : Harper and Brothers, 1936.

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Description
xii, 939 pages : 1 illustration, maps; 22 cm
Series Statement
  • Religion on the American frontier ; vol. 2
  • Sweet, William Warren, 1881-1959. Religion on the American frontier ; v. 2.
Subject
  • Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. > History > Sources
  • Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. > History
  • Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A
  • Frontier and pioneer life > United States
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Sources
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
American Presbyterianism at the close of the revolution -- The Presbyterians and westward expansion -- Cultural and educational influence of the Presbyterians in the early west -- Revivalism and Presbyterian controversy -- The operation of the plan of union and frontier controversy -- Extracts from the minutes of the Transylvania Presbytery, 1786-1837 -- The minutes of the Cumberland Presbytery, 1803-1806 -- Minutes of the Synod of Kentucky, 1802-1811 -- Session records of some frontier Presbyterian churches -- Extracts from records showing the working of the plan of union -- Presbyterial and session records illustrating the administration of discipline -- Documents relating to Presbyterian education in the early west -- Documents illustrating the work of Presbyterian Indian missions -- American Home Missionary Society correspondence -- Certificate of licensure, call and subscription papers of frontier Presbyterian ministers and personal correspondence -- Extracts from the Joshua L. Wilson papers and correspondence -- Records of preaching tours of frontier Presbyterian missionaries -- Two Presbyterian frontier autobiographies -- Documents relating to the old school-new school controversy and schism.
LCCN
36015032
OCLC
  • ocm01901992
  • 1901992
  • SCSB-172009
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library