Mercer, Jesse, 1769-1841
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Jesse Mercer Papers
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0080
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers of Jesse Mercer from 1813-1841. The papers contain mostly correspondence to and from Mercer discussing the business of the Georgia Baptist Association, Baptist education, the establishment of the Hickory Log School in the Cherokee Nation for the education of Indians, Columbian College, and Mercer Institute at Penfield (Georgia). Correspondents include David Benedict, Lucius Bolles, Thomas Curtis, Wilson Lumpkin, Basil Manly, Littleton Meeks, Henry J. Ripley,...
Dates:
1813-1911; Majority of material found within 1813-1841
Spencer B. King, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0065
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the papers of Spencer Bidwell King, Jr. from ca. 1917-1973. The papers include a scrapbook of newspaper clippings of sermons Billy Sunday preached in Atlanta in 1917; a scrapbook of clippings, programs, and memorabilia relating to his father’s, Spencer B. King, Sr., ministry at the Blakely Baptist Church (Early County, Georgia) from the 1920’s-1940’s; articles, addresses, and writings by King relating to Georgia history, including extensive information regarding...
Dates:
1815-1975; Majority of material found within 1917-1973
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Andersonville Prison 1
- Baptist Universities and Colleges -- Alumni and alumnae -- Georgia 1
- Baptists -- Southern States 1
- Blakely (Ga.) 1
- Centennial celebrations, etc. 1
- Darien (Ga.) -- History 1
- Early County (Ga.) 1
- Education, Higher -- History -- Research 1
- Education, Secondary -- Outlines, syllabi, etc. 1
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Georgia Baptist Convention 1
- Historians -- Georgia 1
- Penfield (Ga.) 1
- Plantations -- United States 1
- Preacher -- Georgia 1
- Sermons 1 + ∧ less
∨ more