Document Type
Correspondence
Abstract
Primary Figures: Lindsay; Gamble; Barnes.
Key Events: Formation of a missionary society and drafting of its constitution; the division of the Presbyterian Church in Missouri into "Old School" and "New School" factions; the rejection of certain commissioners' conduct; the alleged raising of independent funds to bypass the General Assembly.
Date/Location: 1838; Missouri, specifically mentioning St. Louis, Jacksonville, and New Haven.
Archival Significance: Documentation of ecclesiastical schism within the Presbyterian Church in Missouri; criticism of "New School" theological seminaries and heretical books; details regarding the financial independence of local synods and the authority of the General Assembly.
Publication Date
12-4-1838
Collection
St. Charles Presbyterian Church Collection
Repository
Mary Ambler Archives
Recommended Citation
Lindsay, Thomas, "Letter from Thomas Lindsay to George Sibley, December 4, 1838" (1838). George Champlin Sibley Papers. 549.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/george/549