Cuyler, Theodore L. (Theodore Ledyard), 1822-1909
Variant namesPastor of Lafayette Ave. Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, and minister at large.
From the description of Letter : Burlington, N.J., to Amzi Dodd, Newark, N.J., [18--] May 23. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28328263
Epithet: American Presbyterian minister
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0000d9
Theodore Ledyard Cuyler (January 10, 1822-February 26, 1909) graduated from The College of New Jersey (later known as Princeton University) in 1841, and was ordained as a minister in 1848. On March 17, 1853, he married Annie E. Mathiot (d. July 12, 1915). In 1854, Cuyler founded the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in New York City. He was Brooklyn's leading proponent of the YMCA after he moved to Brooklyn, circa 1859. Cuyler also helped found the National Temperance Society and its publication house in 1865, serving as the Society's president from 1885 to 1893. Cuyler began serving as pastor of Brooklyn's Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1860 and remained at that church until 1890. In 1885, Culyer started the Sunday Mission School on lower Atlantic Avenue in order to bring the Christian religious faith to the poor. The Sunday Mission School was soon known as Cuyler Presbyterian Church, located at 360 Pacific Street. In 1902, he published Recollections of a Long Life . Cuyler resided at 176 South Oxford Street.
From the guide to the Theodore L. Cuyler correspondence, 1860-1890, (Brooklyn Historical Society)
Minister of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1860-1890; and founder of the National Temperance Society.
From the description of Correspondence, 1872-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155461289
Presbyterian minister, Burlington and Trenton, New Jersey, 1846-1853, and New York City and Brooklyn, New York, 1853-1890; author and lecturer.
From the description of Lincoln - after thirty years, [1895]. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28637377
Presbyterian clergyman, writer.
From the description of Theodore Ledyard Cuyler notecard [manuscript], 1[18]88 Dec. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 191118542
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Birth 1822-01-10
Death 1909-02-26
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