Guide to the Isaac Snowden Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Isaac Snowden Papers

Inclusive Dates

1784-1820

Call Number

RG 218

Creator(s)

Snowden, Isaac, 1763-1835?

Quantity

0.50 cubic feet (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

Isaac Snowden, Jr., was a Philadelphia merchant and a dedicated churchman. He was treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) from 1799 until his death and of the Presbytery of Philadelphia. Snowden was also an active member and officer of the Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, serving as secretary of its Board of Trustees from 1802, as its pew agent, and on the Congregational School Committee. In l8l8 he was ordained an elder. He also served as secretary or treasurer of some of the voluntary societies of Philadelphia, including the Evangelical Society, the Missionary Society, the Humane Society, and the Magdelan Society.

Collection Overview

The collection consists of outgoing correspondence, diaries (journals) of Snowden, subscription lists and accounts for Princeton Theological Seminary and estate papers of William Falconer, a deacon of Second Presbyterian Church who gave property to the Trustees of the General Assembly for the seminary. The diaries document Snowden's religious experience, church attendance, and especially the substance and delivery of sermons, funeral orations and lectures which he heard.

Related Material

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Part of this record group was formerly catalogued in the library and the remainder was with materials from Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia.

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: 1987
Gretchen Mertz, Archives Intern.

Material added to the collection and finding aid revised: 1989
Glenn Colliver, Assistant 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

Faulkner, William (Of Philadelphia, Pa.)

Snowden, Isaac, 1763-1835?

Corporate Subject

Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.

Princeton Theological Seminary.

Topical Subject

Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--18th century.

Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.

Presbyterian Church--Pennsylvania.

Presbyterian theological seminaries--New Jersey.

Genre-form

Correspondence. aat

Diaries. aat

Financial records. aat

Sermons. aat

Corporate Added Name

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Trustees of the General Assembly.

College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.). Board of Trustees.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Finding Aid to Record Group

		SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE, 1810-1819

1	2	1808-1819

		SERIES II: JOURNALS, 1784-1808

1	3	1784-1786
1	4	1802-1804
1	5	1804-1805
1	6	1805-1806
1	7	1807
1	8	1807-1808

		SERIES III: SUBSCRIPTIONS RECORDS, PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, 1814-1820

1	9	Subscription Lists and Accounts, 1814, 1818-1820

		SERIES IV: WILLIAM FALCONER'S ESTATE PAPERS

1	10	Will, Legal Papers, Correspondence, 1796-1818

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