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Historical Note: He graduated with a bachelor's degree at Hanover College in 1853 and received an A.M. degree there in 1856. Hamilton also studied at the Princeton Theological Seminary, the Union Theological Seminary, and Monmouth College. He was licensed to preach in 1858 and was ordained at Nassau, NY the same year. He began teaching at Hanover College in 1868. He later worked at Princeton University and Washington State University teaching Logic, Ethics, and Politics at Princeton. He died in Berlin, Germany on 29 November 1918.

Scope and Content: The Edward J. Hamilton Papers, 1853-1917, includes materials collected and created by Edward J. Hamilton during his study and work as a pastor. The first four volumes are note taken by Hamilton of the lectures of Dr. A. Alexander and Hodge's theological course given from 1853 to 1858 at Princeton Theological Seminary. The lectures are on church history and follow topics from the Old and New Testament, early Christian history, and the rise of various churches after the Reformation. The last volume in the collection is Hamilton's pastoral diary for about a twenty-year period, primarily focused on sermons and inspirational thoughts.

Creator

• Hamilton, Edward John, 1834-1918

Subject

• Theology

• Christianity

• Religion

Publisher

• Hanover College

Language

• English

Identifier

• MSS29_FindingAid

Keyword

• Hanover College, Edward J. Hamilton Papers, MSS 29

• Finding Aid

Date created

• 1853-1917

Resource type

• Book

Source

• 43181d39-7e4b-43c5-9dd3-bba1ae61ba9f

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/