- Collection:
- Columbia Theological Seminary Manuscript Collection
- Title:
- Letters from J. Leighton Wilson to James Henley Thornwell, 1856-1861
- Creator:
- Wilson, J. Leighton (John Leighton), 1809-1886
- Contributor to Resource:
- Adger, John B. (John Bailey), 1810-1899
Thornwell, James Henley, 1812-1862 - Date of Original:
- 1856
1857
1859
1861 - Subject:
- Customhouses--Washington (D.C.)
Fast-day sermons
Riots--New York (N.Y.)
Presbyterian Church--New York
Presbyterian Church--Newspapers
Presbyterians--South Carolina
Presbyterians--New York
Secession--Southern States
Slave trade
Slavery
New York observer. (New York, N.Y. : 1823)
Southern Presbyterian review. [Columbia, S.C.]
First Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School). Board of Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School). General Assembly
Reformed Protestant Dutch Church (U.S.)
Republican Party (N.Y.)--19th century
Georgia
Marietta (Ga.)
New York (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)--Newspapers
New York
South Carolina
Washington (D.C.) - People:
- Adger, John B. (John Bailey), 1810-1899--Personal correspondence
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Hodge, Charles, 1797-1878
Morse, Sidney E. (Sidney Edwards), Jr., 1835-1908
Palmer, B. M. (Benjamin Morgan), 1818-1902
Thornwell, James Henley, 1812-1862--Personal correspondence
Thornwell, Nancy White Witherspoon, 1808-1891
Van Dyke, Henry Jackson, 1822-1891
Wilson, J. Leighton (John Leighton), 1809-1886
Wilson, J. Leighton (John Leighton), 1809-1886--Personal correspondence
Wood, Fernando, 1812-188 - Location:
- United States, New York, 43.00035, -75.4999
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
manuscripts (documents)
personal correspondence - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Letters from J. Leighton Wilson to James Henley Thornwell: extending an invitation to Thornwell and his wife to stay at his residence during the [68th (Old School)] General Assembly, [Office of the Presbyterian] Mission House, 23 Centre St. NY [New York (N.Y.)], March 31, 1856; expressing desire on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Board of Foreign Missions that Thornwell’s sermon delivered at the GA be published [The Sacrifice of Christ the Type and Model of Missionary Effort] and concerning an ensuing riot, Mission House, NY, June 18, 1857; (with John Bailey Adger) concerning Wilson’s article sent to the [New-York] Observer regarding the revival of the Foreign Slave Trade and requests from Adger and Thornwell to publish in the Southern Presbyterian regarding views amongst ministers regarding the revival, Mission House, NY, January 15, 1859; (fragmented) concerning the secession of Southern States and its reception in New York City, Mission House, NY, January 14, 1861; responding to Thornwell concerning Republicans in New York and requests a draft of Thornwell’s forthcoming article on secession [The State of the Country] with advice on accommodating the tone, Mission House, NY, January 23, 1861; concerning the reception of Thornwell’s article “The State of the Country” in New York City, a letter from Palmer concerning Hodge’s reply to his fast day sermon, and comments on the Republican party in New York, Mission House, NY, February 23, 1861.
Institution: C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections and Archives, John Bulow Campbell Library, Columbia Theological Seminary - Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17323coll7/id/921
- IIIF manifest:
- https://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/p17323coll7:921/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 24 pages
- Original Collection:
- James Henley Thornwell papers, 1836-1861
- Holding Institution:
- Columbia Theological Seminary
- Rights:
-
