William Thomas McElroy Papers, 1838-1905.

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William Thomas McElroy Papers, 1838-1905.

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Papers include letters discussing McElroy's education and personal life; a statement about his false arrest and controversy surrounding the Walnut Street Presbyterian Church in Louisville; and McElroy's journals, 1852-1868, 1889, and 1901-1905, chronicling his studies at Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1852-1854, his pastorates at Presbyterians churches in Mercer County, Paris, Maysville and Louisville, Ky., and Mobile, Ala., and discussing events surrounding his family, spiritual matters and meditations, McElroy's day-to-day thoughts, slavery, free African Americans, the Civil War, and the conflict between Old School and New School Presbyterians. An additional volume contains records for various years and churches of baptisms, marriages, new members, expenses, and sermons preached. Also included are papers of geologist Samuel Addison Casseday, including his 1853-1854 travel journal in which he recounts his experiences and observations while in Europe. His papers include a note written in French from Prussian scientist Alexander Von Humboldt, who granted a visit to the young Casseday. He describes his interview with Humboldt in his travel journal.

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Von Humboldt, Alexander, 1769-1859

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Born in Berlin, Germany, and educated at the universities of Frankfurt and Göttingen, Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was one of the most prominent European figures of his age. His fame largely derived from his scientific expedition in Latin America between 1799 and 1804, which resulted in numerous discoveries, particularly related to physical geography and meteorology. Notably, he spent 1803 in New Spain (present day Mexico) conducting a census of the territory. Source: Alexander von ...

Casseday, Samuel Addison, 1834-1860.

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Presbyterian church in the U.S.A.

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The Transylvania Presbytery was organized by appointment of the synods of New York and Philadelphia. The Synod of New York made part of the Presbytery of Abingdon into the Transylvania Presbytery, which encompassed the district of Kentucky and the settlements on the Cumberland River. The Reverend David Rice, Adam Rankin, Andrew McClure, and James Crawford met at the Danville, Kentucky courthouse to organize the presbytery. The synods of New York and Philadelphia appointed David Rice as moderator...

McElroy, William Thomas, 1829-1910.

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Presbyterian clergyman of Ky. From the description of William Thomas McElroy Papers, 1838-1905. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49252765 ...