- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Jesse Mercer
- Date of Original:
- 1769/1841
- Subject:
- Baptists--Clergy
Clergy--Georgia
Publishers and publishing--Georgia
Philanthropists--Georgia
Editors--Georgia
Religious leaders--Georgia
Educators--Georgia
Mercer, Jesse, 1769-1841 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Jesse Mercer, a prominent Baptist leader in Georgia, served as president of the Georgia Baptist Convention from 1822 until his death in 1841. Also an active publisher, Mercer compiled a hymnal in 1810 and edited the Christian Index, a Baptist newspaper, from 1833 to 1840. In 1833 he founded Mercer Institute, which later became Mercer University.
Image of a head-and-shoulders sketch of Jesse Mercer, a prominent Baptist leader in Georgia. Mercer served as president of the Georgia Baptist Convention from 1822 until his death in 1841. Also an active publisher, Mercer compiled a hymnal in 1810 and edited the Christian Index, a Baptist newspaper, from 1833 to 1840. In 1833 he founded Mercer Institute, which later became Mercer University. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/jesse-mercer-1769-1841/m-4821/
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/jesse-mercer-1769-1841
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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