Guide to the Caspar Robue Gregory Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Caspar Robue Gregory Papers

Inclusive Dates

1871-1875

Call Number

RG 369

Creator(s)

Gregory, Caspar R. (Caspar Robue), 1824-1882.

Quantity

0.02 cubic feet (2 folders)

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

Caspar Robue Gregory was born in Philadelphia in 1824 and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1843. He attended Princeton Theological Seminary, 1845-1848, and was ordained as an evangelist by the Presbytery of Philadelphia in 1849. He served as a missionary to the Choctaw Indians, 1849-1850. He held pastorates in Oneida, NY, and Bridgeton, NJ, 1851-1873, when he was appointed Professor of Sacred Rhetoric at Lincoln University, Oxford, PA, where he served until his death in 1882.

Collection Overview

This collection consists of two letters of Gregory, one from Bridgeton and one from Lincoln University. The first deals with his appointment to an alumni committee for the Lackawanna Presbytery to raise funds for the endowment of the Hodge Chair at Princeton Theological Seminary. The second concerns Lincoln University and the students studying theology there.

Someone has added a note to the 1871 letter that reads "C. R. Gregory of Hodge Memorial etc." It was his son, C. R. Gregory, Jr., who held that pastorate. Internal evidence of the letters seems conclusive that they were written by the elder Gregory.

Related Material

Administrative Information

Processing Information

The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared: March 1993
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

Gregory, Caspar R. (Caspar Robue), 1824-1882.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Lackawanna.

Princeton Theological Seminary. Alumni Association.

Lincoln University (Pa.). Theological Department.

Topical Subject

Fund raising.

Genre-form

Correspondence. aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 369
1	2	Correspondence, 1871, 1875

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