Presbyterians of the Past

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N. L. Rice, 1807-1877

Nathan Lewis was born December 29, 1807 in Garrard County, Kentucky, to Gabriel and Phebe (Garrett) Rice. The family lived on a farm where the household struggled as did many rural families to make ends meet. Nathan...

Reflections by James W. Alexander

The following excerpts are from the two volume set, The American Mechanic and Working Man, 1847, by James W. Alexander. Alexander originally published the selections in a newspaper series. Note that he uses “working...

Thanksgiving, 2018

In celebration of Thanksgiving 2018 readers are referred also to the post for 2017, “The First Thanksgiving, Edward Winslow, 1621.”  The post for last year has not taken into account the CSPAN3 episode of...