Finis Ewing papers, 1823-1841.

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Finis Ewing papers, 1823-1841.

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Incoming correspondence. Many letters are from James Smith, Rev. Ewing's nephew and editor of the Revivalist, a publication of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Most of Smith's letters relate to publishing Ewing's lectures and answering Ewing's criticism of some of Smith's writings. He also writes on the subjects of baptism, camp meetings, Andrew Jackson's religious faith, and his own church writings. Other letters are from Franceway R. Cossitt, first president of Cumberland College in Princeton, Ky.; David Laury, minister, writer, and teacher; John Young of St. Louis, Mo.; and Cumberland Presbyterian ministers William Barnett, Robert Bell, A. Benton, H. Chamberlin, George and Robert Donnell, Salmon Giddings, W. Hylpay, B.H. Pierson, and William S. Potts.

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Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA

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SNAC Resource ID: 7262941

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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. Born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina; though just a boy, participated in the battle of Hanging Rock during the Revolution, captured by the British and imprisoned. He worked for a time in a saddler's shop and afterward taught school before studying law in Salisbury, N.C. In 1788 he was appointed solicitor of the western district of North Carolina, comprising what is now the State of Tennessee. Upon the admission of T...

Chamberlin, H.

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Cossitt, Franceway Ranna, 1790-1863.

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Young, John, 1825-1891

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Smith, James, 1798-1871.

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Pierson, B. H.

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Donnell, George, 1801-1845.

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Cumberland Presbyterian Church

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Hylpay, W.

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Ewing, Finis, 1773-1841

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Minister in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri; co-founder of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1810. From the description of Finis Ewing papers, 1823-1841. (Tennessee State Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 28600153 Founder of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. From the description of Papers, 1824-1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122462055 Founder of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Finis Ewing, founder of th...

Cumberland College (Princeton, Ky.)

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Benton, Amanda

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Bell, Robert, fl. 1833.

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Donnell, Robert, 1784-1855

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Barnett, William, fl. 1823-1825.

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Potts, William S. (William Stephens), 1802-1852

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Giddings, Salmon, 1782-1828

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Clergyman. From the description of Papers of Salmon Giddings, 1813-1875 (bulk 1816-1822). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061812 ...

Laury, David.

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