Clergymen's collection : Presbyterian Church, 1826-1900.

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Clergymen's collection : Presbyterian Church, 1826-1900.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122386439

Collection of miscellaneous letters, documents, and manuscripts relating to various Presbyterian clergymen, mostly from Virginia, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Enclosed are small groups of correspondence of Moses Drury Hoge and Samuel Irenaeus Prime.

90 pieces.1 box.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6698220

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Prime, Samuel Irenæus, 1812-1885

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Samuel Irenæus Prime studied theology at Princeton and became a Presbyterian clergyman, but left the ministry after four years and moved to New York where he established The observer, a religious periodical. He wrote on a variety of subjects, including his European travels and a biography about Samuel F.B. Morse, but was best known for his "Irenaeus letters," published between 1880 and 1885. From the description of S.I. Prime letter to My dear brother, 1877 Mar. 21. (Pennsylvania Sta...

Hoges, Moses D. (Moses Drury), 1818-1899

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Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914

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Wirt County was named for William Wirt, who gained fame in Virgtinia as a lawyer and perhaps is best known for his role in the prosecution of Aaron burr for treason. It was created in 1848 from sections of Wood and Jackson Counties. Wirt County was one of the fifty western Virginia counties to form the state of West Virginia in 1863. From the guide to the Wirt County (W. Va.) plat and land survey, 1860, (The Library of Virginia) Northumberland County was formed in 1645 from ...