A Narrative of the Visit to the American Churches
By the Deputation from the Congregation Union of England and Wales

A two-voume account, published in 1835, of the journey taken by two Congregationalist Ministers to the United States.

Andrew Reed (Author), James Matheson (Author)

9781108045209, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 February 2012

544 pages, 2 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 3.1 cm, 0.68 kg

Andrew Reed (1787–1862) was a Congregational Minister and one of the leading philanthropists of his day, fund-raising for and founding a number of orphanages and asylums. In 1834, he and fellow Congregational Minister James Matheson (1766–1840) were sent to the Congregational churches of the United States, in order to promote peace and friendship between the two communities. This two-volume 1835 work consists of thirty-nine letters in which the authors recount their journey, and their meetings with their fellow Congregationalists. They visited a large number of cities, mostly on the Eastern Seaboard, and made one excursion to Canada. Volume 2 tells of the many different communities that Reed and Matheson encounter in America, and the focus is mostly on theological and educational issues. They approve of female academies, asking rhetorically, 'why should not our daughters, equally with our sons, possess the advantages, which these institutions … so readily supply?'.

29. Revivals
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32. Religious opinions
33. Religious denominations
34. Subject continued
35. Religious economy
36. Subject continued
37. Religious societies
38. Education
39. Subject continued
40. Subject continued
41. Slavery
42. Subject continued
43. General conclusions
44. Conclusion
Narrative of a Visit to Canada and Pennsylvania: 1. From Burlington to St. John's
2. From Montreal to Brockville
3. Toronto
4. Report respecting Canada
5. Buffalo
6. Seneca Lake
7. Sabbath at Orwell
8. Tunkhannock
9. Pittsburgh
10. Coal Hills
11. Pennsylvania
12. Rise and progress of Pittsburgh, with its present condition
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Subject Areas: Church history [HRCC2]