Jesse Mercer collection, 1813-1841.

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Jesse Mercer collection, 1813-1841.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38727355

The collection consists of papers of Jesse Mercer from 1813-1841. The papers contain mostly correspondence to and from Mercer discussing the business of the Georgia Baptist Association, Baptist education, the establishment of the Hickory Log School in the Cherokee Nation for the education of Indians, Columbian College, and Mercer Institute at Penfield (Ga.). Correspondents include David Benedict, Lucius Bolles, Thomas Curtis, Wilson Lumpkin, Basil Manly, Littleton Meeks, Henry J. Ripley, Billington M. Sanders, and Adiel Sherwood.

.25 linear ft.

Mercer University

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SNAC Resource ID: 7406338

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Manly, Basil, 1798-1868

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Basil Manly (1798-1868), was a Baptist clergyman, president of the University of Alabama, and husband of Sarah Murray (Rudulph) Manley. His children were Richard Fuller Manly (1845-1919) and Charles Manly (1837-1924). From the guide to the Basil Manly Papers, ., 1849-1869, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Basil Manly (1798-1868), Baptist clergyman, president of the University of Alabama, husband of Sarah Murray (Rudulph)...

Ripley, Henry J. (Henry Jones), 1798-1875

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Georgia Baptist Association

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The Georgia Association was organized in 1784 and about 1830, the name changed to the Georgia Baptist Association. From the description of Georgia Baptist Association records, 1816-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477210 ...

Bolles, Lucius, 1779-1844

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Meeks, Littleton.

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Mercer, Jesse, 1769-1841

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Jesse Mercer (1769-1841), Baptist minister, served intermittently as clerk of the Georgia Baptist Association (1795-1816) and as its moderator (1816-1839), editor of the Christian Index (1833-1839), and helped to establish Mercer University, resided in Washington, Georgia. From the description of Jesse Mercer collection, 1813-1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38727355 Baptist minister, editor of The Christian Index, and president of the Baptist state convention. ...

Sherwood, Adiel, 1791-1879

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Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870

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Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870) was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on January 14, 1783 to John Lumpkin and Lucy Hopson Lumpkin. While he was still a young child, Lumpkin's family moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia. Lumpkin married twice, first to Elizabeth Walker, with whom he had six surviving children, and second to Annis Hopkins, with whom he had three children. He served on the Georgia State Legislature and was a member of Congress, 1815-187 and 1827-1831. Lumpkin served two terms as Gov...

Sanders, Billington M. (Billington McCarthy), 1789-1854.

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Benedict, David, 1779-1874

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Curtis, Thomas, 1787-1859

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Mercer Institute(Penfield, Ga.)

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Columbian College in the District of Columbia

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