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Newspaper Christian Observer (Philadelphia) 1840-19?? [Microfilm Reel]

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Title

  • Christian Observer (Philadelphia) 1840-19?? [Microfilm Reel]

Dates of Publication

  • 1840-19??

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : A. Converse, 1840-

Headings

  • -  Philadelphia (Pa.)--Newspapers
  • -  Philadelphia County (Pa.)--Newspapers
  • -  Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  Pennsylvania--Philadelphia County
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Vol. 19, no. 1 (Jan. 2, 1840)-
  • -  The Christian observer ... was founded at the Presbyterian publishing center of Philadelphia in 1813 as the Religious Remembrancer, "A Presbyterian Family Newspaper." Among its variety of religious articles were biographical sketches, revivals of religion, theological essays, missionary information, discourses on the preciousness of Christ and the denying of Christ, and essays on bible verses. The paper changed names several times, and in 1869 joined with the Free Christian Commonwealth in Louisville, Kentucky. Several of its contemporaries were swallowed up by its growth. In the early 1900's it was still a leading Presbyterian paper and contained stories and anecdotes, articles on such topics as "The Alcoholic problem," "Practical Suggestions for Church Work," "Saving Faith," "The Anti-opium Campaign in China," "Work Among the Negroes," and "The Pioneer Woman Physician." Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900.
  • -  Title from caption.
  • -  1839-60 numbered as v.18-39 continuing the numbering of Southern religions telegraph.
  • -  Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microforms International, 1978. 21 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (American periocial series, 1800-1850 ; 1888-1908).

Medium

  • volumes ; 42-71 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Microfilm 01104 no. 1888-1908 AP
  • AP2 .A64

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sf88092063

OCLC Number

  • 6734041

ISSN Number

  • 2158-0251

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