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Reverend Jonathan Edwards Manuscript, circa 1927
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Edwards, Jonathan
- Title
- Reverend Jonathan Edwards Manuscript
- Dates
- circa 192719271927
- Quantity
- 0.2 linear feet, (1 manuscript box)
- Collection Number
- WCMss.583
- Summary
- The Reverand Jonathan Edwards Manuscript contains the manuscript for an autobiography written by Edwards circa 1927, titled "Memories of Eighty Years from Mines to Ministry: An Autobiography by Rev. Jonathan Edwards, D.D., for Forty Years a Home Missionary in the Pacific Northwest."
- Repository
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Penrose Library, Room 130
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA
99362
Telephone: 5095275922
Fax: 5095264785
archives@whitman.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Reverend Jonathan Edwards was born in Rhymney, South Wales, on June 15, 1847. He came to the United States in June of 1866, and six years later earned a license to preach in the Welsh Congregational Church in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. In 1886 he travelled to the Pacific Northwest and devoted himself to missionary work, founding 35 churches in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, and restoring 13 more in the Spokane, Washington area. Edwards also worked as a financial agent of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He died on June 28, 1929, at the age of 82.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Reverend Jonathan Edwards Manuscript, which was written circa 1927, contains a manuscript for an autobiography written by Edwards, titled "Memories of Eighty Years from Mines to Ministry: An Autobiography by Rev. Jonathan Edwards, D.D., for Forty Years a Home Missionary in the Pacific Northwest."
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Missionaries
Geographical Names
- Northwest, Pacific