- Collection:
- Columbia Theological Seminary Manuscript Collection
- Title:
- Letters from T. Dwight Witherspoon to James Henley Thornwell, 1859-1861
- Creator:
- Witherspoon, T. D. (Thomas Dwight), 1836-1898
- Contributor to Resource:
- Thornwell, James Henley, 1812-1862
- Date of Original:
- 1859/1861
- Subject:
- Bereavement
Enslaved persons
Philosophers
Prayer meetings
Presbyterians--Mississippi
Presbyterian Church--Mississippi
Secession--Southern States
Slavery
Slaves--Religious life
Scottish common sense philosophy
Thornwell, James Henley, 1812-1862--Personal correspondence
Witherspoon, T. D. (Thomas Dwight), 1836-1898--Personal correspondence
First Presbyterian Church (Oxford, Miss.)
First Presbyterian Church (Pontotoc, Miss.)
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Chickasaw (Miss.)
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School). Synod of Mississippi
Zion Presbyterian Church (Tupelo, Miss.)
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Choctaw County (Miss.)--Religious life and customs
Confederate States of America--Defenses
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Orleans (La.)
Oxford (Miss.)
Pontotoc County (Miss.)
Pontotoc County (Miss.)--Religious life and customs
Tupelo (Miss.) - People:
- Evans, R. R. (Richard Riley), 1818-1903
Cohen, James
Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828
Thornwell, Gillespie Robbins, 1844-1863
Thornwell, Nancy Witherspoon, 1839-1859
Waddel, John N. (John Newton), 1812-1895 - Location:
- United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, 29.95465, -90.07507
United States, Mississippi, Choctaw County, 33.34731, -89.24838
United States, Mississippi, Lafayette County, Oxford, 34.3665, -89.51925
United States, Mississippi, Lee County, Tupelo, 34.25807, -88.70464
United States, Mississippi, Pontotoc County, 34.22544, -89.03741 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
manuscripts (documents)
personal correspondence - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Letters from [T.] Dwight [Witherspoon] to James Henley Thornwell concerning a request from First Presbyterian Church (Oxford, Miss.) to become a stated supply, his recent preaching [at Zion Presbyterian Church (Tupelo, Miss.)] and to persons enslaved, and bereavement [over the recent death of his fiancé and daughter of Thornwell, “Nannie” Thornwell], Pontotoc County (Miss.), July 4, 1859; concerning a letter Thornwell had written to him, the work of Dr. Waddel among the congregation, and the activities of Gillespie Thornwell, Oxford (Miss.), November 21, 1859; concerning the summer life of Gillespie Thornwell and his plans to enter college, Oxford (Miss.), May 1, 1860; concerning reuniting with Thornwell and a description about churches in Pontotoc County (Miss.) and La Grange [Choctaw County (Miss.)], Oxford (Miss.), October 15, 1860; concerning reasons for possible secession of South Carolina and its reception Mississippi, and requests copies of a sermon by Thornwell on John 14:6, Oxford (Miss.), December 17, 1860; concerning the reception of prayer meetings at First Presbyterian Church (Oxford, Miss.), also discusses various philosophers he is reading, Oxford (Miss.), February 11, 1861.
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17323coll7/id/1764
- IIIF manifest:
- https://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/p17323coll7:1764/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Extent:
- 27 pages
- Original Collection:
- James Henley Thornwell papers, 1836-1861
- Holding Institution:
- Columbia Theological Seminary
- Rights:
-
