The Joseph Gaston Symmes Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: SCM 374
Scope and Contents
These sermons and lectures were discovered at a Flea Market in the Summer of 1997 by the Rev. James O'Conner, a PCA minister of New Hope, Pennsylvania. He gave them to the Seminary Library.
Dates
- 1852 - 1873
Conditions Governing Use
There are no special restrictions to access of this collection. It may be examined by library patrons under the normal rules and conditions of the Seminary Archives.
Biographical / Historical
Born January 24 in Hamilton, Ohio
Chronology
- 1851
- B.A, Hanover College
- 1851-54
- Student, Princeton Theological Seminary
- 1854
- Ordained November 3. Presbytery of Madison, Indiana
- 1854-57
- Pastor, Presbyterian Church - Madison, Indiana
- 1857-94
- Pastor, First Presbyterian Church - Cranbury, New Jersey
- 1879
- Doctor of Divinity, Hanover College
- 1894
- Died, June 23 - Cranbury, New Jersey
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- The Joseph Gaston Symmes Manuscript Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Archivist: William O. Harris
- Date
- 1997
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Princeton Theological Seminary. Library. Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Princeton Theological Seminary
Wright Library
25 Library Place
Princeton NJ 08540 USA
speccoll@ptsem.edu
Princeton Theological Seminary
Wright Library
25 Library Place
Princeton NJ 08540 USA
speccoll@ptsem.edu