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JOHN LIVINGSTON REESE PAPERS
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Abstract:    John Livingston Reese (1839-1899) was a native of
          Philadelphia who received his M.A. (1860) and D.D. (1875)
          from Union Theological Seminary. He later served at
          churches in Alabama, Pennsylvania, and New York.
             Letters from John Livingston Reese, a student at
          the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Va., to
          his cousin William, a divinity student in Philadelphia.
          Reese discussed notable personalities including the family
          of Robert E. Lee and leading American theologians. He
          described the relations between seminarians and local
          churches and the daily life in the seminary. He also wrote
          about contemporary political troubles from the perspective
          of a Northerner living in the South prior to the Civil
          War.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Episcopal Church--Virginia--History--19th century.
   Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia
       (Alexandria, Va.)--Students--History--19th century.
   Reese, John Livingston, 1839-1899.
   Sectionalism (United States).
   Seminarians--Virginia--History--19th century.
   Theological seminaries--United States--History--19th century.

Size:          24 items.

Date Span:     1858-1860.

Provenance:    Received from Terry L. Alford of Annandale, Va.,
               on 11 September 1997 (Acc. 97119).

Access:        No restrictions.

Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
           their descendants, as stipulated by United States
           copyright law.