Guide to the John Brodhead Romeyn Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

John Brodhead Romeyn Papers

Inclusive Dates

1795-1823

Call Number

RG 308

Creator(s)

Romeyn, John B. (John Brodhead), 1777-1825.

Quantity

1.00 cubic foot (1 box)

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

John Brodhead Romeyn was born in Marbletown, NY. He attended Columbia College (now Columbia University) in New York City. After graduating with honors in 1795, he returned to his home in Schenectady, NY to study theology with his father Dirck, pastor of Schenectady's Reformed Dutch Church. He was ordained in Rhinebeck, NY in 1799. In April of that year he married Harriet Bleecker.

In 1803, Romeyn accepted a call to Schenectady's First Presbyterian Church. The following year he moved again, this time to the First Presbyterian Church of Albany. In 1808 he accepted a call to Cedar Street Church, New York City. Except for the years 1813-14, which he and Harriet spent in Europe, Romeyn remained at Cedar Street Church until his death in 1825.

Romeyn served as General Assembly Moderator in 1810, and was instrumental in the creation of the Princeton Theological Seminary, and of the American Bible Society.

Collection Overview

Record Group 308 includes correspondence to and from John Brodhead Romeyn, as well as manuscript lectures and sermons. It also includes two journals he kept during his European trip and miscellaneous other papers.

A few of the Romeyn manuscripts were transcribed during the 1970s. The transcripts have been filed with the originals throughout the collection.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1800-1819

SERIES 2: JOURNALS, 1814

SERIES 3: LECTURES, 1795-1823

SERIES 4: SERMONS, 1798-1820

SERIES 5: OTHER PAPERS, 1784-1821

Related Material

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: September 1992
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Personal Name Subject

Romeyn, John B. (John Brodhead), 1777-1825.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. General Assembly. Moderator (1810-1811 : Romeyn)

First Presbyterian Church (Albany, N.Y.)

Cedar Street Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)

Topical Subject

Sermons, American.

Genre-form

Correspondence. aat

Diaries. aat

Manuscripts (documents) aat

Sermons. aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 308
1	1	List of Romeyn MSS at Historical Society of PA

1	2	"The Life of John Brodhead Romeyn" (by E. Kraege), 1971


		SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1800-1819

1	3	Incoming, 1800-19
1	4	Outgoing--To John McDowell, 1817
1	5	To Wm. Woodworth (Woodward?), 1803-08

		SERIES 2: JOURNALS, 1814

1	6	Great Britain, 1814
1	7	Holland, 1814

		SERIES 3: LECTURES, 1795-1823

1	8-12	On the Book of Genesis, 1822-23
1	13-23	On the Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church, 1810-12
1	24	Miscellaneous, 1795, 1798, undated

		SERIES 4: SERMONS, 1798-1820

1	25	In Dutch--1798, 1802-03, undated
1	26	In English--1802, 1818, 1820

		SERIES 5: OTHER PAPERS, 1784-1821

1	27	Notes/Proposals--relations between Dutch Reformed Church and Presbyterian Church, 1784, undated
1	28	Orange Street Presbyterian Church, NY, 1815, 1821
1	29	Transylvania University--Minutes and Correspondence, 1805, 1815
1	30	Circular Letter (to Dirck Romeyn)--plan of general union and concert in prayer, 1794
1	30	Petition for creation of Washington College, 1813?
1	30	Receipt--Board of Missions, 1819
1	30	Ode in memory of John Romeyn, undated

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