Restoration History Library

December 24, 1772 · Education and Biography

Historical event

Birth of Barton W. Stone

Historical source record

Sharrard records Stone’s birth near Port Tobacco, Maryland.

Date reported in Sharrard’s 1904 historical account.

1788 · historical milestone · Education and Biography

Historical event

Birth of John T. Johnson

Historical source record

Born in Scott County, Kentucky.

Conflicting October/November accounts; year only.

1789 · historical milestone · Education and Biography

Historical event

Birth of Samuel Rogers

Historical source record

The sketch records his birth in Charlotte County, Virginia, in 1789.

Year-level marker.

1789 · catalogue copy/edition date · Books and Tracts

Publication / document

Essay On Negro-Slavery. — catalogue reference

James O'Kelly

Repository catalogue reference for this historical publication. The catalogue description was checked; the advertised text is not independently verified in this review.

Repository-entered date: 1789. A copy/edition date does not establish the date of original composition. Catalogued publisher: Richard Hall. Philadelphia.

1796 · historical milestone · Education and Biography

Historical event

Birth of Walter Scott

Historical source record

The sketch records his birth in Moffat, Scotland, in 1796.

Year-level marker.

1800 · historical milestone · Education and Biography

Historical event

Birth of John Rogers

Historical source record

The sketch records his birth in Clark County, Kentucky, in 1800.

Year-level marker.

1804 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

An Apology for Renouncing the Jurisdiction of the Synod of Kentucky — source reference

Barton W. Stone (source heading/volume credit)

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1804. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. The displayed source-heading or volume credit is not automatically the author of each contribution. Only parts of the selected source snapshot were retrieved; a complete text audit is not claimed.

June 28, 1804 · Documents and Periodicals

Publication / document

The Springfield Presbytery dissolves

Barton W. Stone

In his own historical account, Barton W. Stone dates the dissolution of the Springfield Presbytery to June 28, 1804, and describes its announcement in the Last Will and Testament.

Dated historical record

1805 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

A Reply to John P. Campbell's Strictures on Atonement. — source reference

Barton W. Stone

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1805. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. Only parts of the selected source snapshot were retrieved; a complete text audit is not claimed. Web-edition metadata separately reports 1998.

1805 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

Atonement: The Substance of Two Letters Written to a Friend. — source reference

Barton W. Stone

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1805. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. Only parts of the selected source snapshot were retrieved; a complete text audit is not claimed. Web-edition metadata separately reports 1997.

1805 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

Atonement: The Substance of Two Letters Written to a Friend. — source reference

Barton W. Stone

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1805. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. Only parts of the selected source snapshot were retrieved; a complete text audit is not claimed. Web-edition metadata separately reports 1997.

1805 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

John P. Campbell's — source reference

Individual contribution credit not resolved; see enclosing source

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1805. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. Individual authorship remains unestablished; no author is inferred solely from the URL or biographical subject. Only parts of the selected source snapshot were retrieved; a complete text audit is not claimed. Web-edition metadata separately reports 1998.

1806 · historical milestone · Education and Biography

Historical event

Birth of Robert Richardson

Historical source record

Born in Pittsburgh.

Year only.

1808 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

Last Will and Testament of Springfield Presbytery — source reference

Elias Smith

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1808. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. Only parts of the selected source snapshot were retrieved; a complete text audit is not claimed. Web-edition metadata separately reports 1998.

1808 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery — source reference

Richard McNemar (source heading/volume credit)

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1808. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. The displayed source-heading or volume credit is not automatically the author of each contribution. Only parts of the selected source snapshot were retrieved; a complete text audit is not claimed. Web-edition metadata separately reports 1998. The original fragment is preserved in metadata. The enclosing page may contain multiple credited contributions; exact browser anchor placement was not independently tested.

1809 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

Declaration and Address Picture and Map Exhibit — source reference

Individual credit not established from retrieved text

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1809. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. Individual authorship remains unestablished; no author is inferred solely from the URL or biographical subject. The selected text snapshot is complete.

1809 · manuscript context · Restoration Documents

Publication / document

On Bible Reading

Alexander Campbell

An early notebook comparison distinguishes reading for argument, enjoyment, and practical benefit.

Early notes preserved in Richardson’s 1868 memoir; these precede Campbell’s later mature work.

1809 · manuscript context · Restoration Documents

Publication / document

On Family Religion

Alexander Campbell

Notebook reflections emphasize the character of religious life within the family.

Early notes preserved in Richardson’s 1868 memoir; these precede Campbell’s later mature work.

1809 · manuscript context · Restoration Documents

Publication / document

Rules on Sermon Delivery

Alexander Campbell

Richardson preserves preaching rules copied into Campbell’s early notes; the record does not claim he originated them.

Early notes preserved in Richardson’s 1868 memoir; these precede Campbell’s later mature work.

1809 · catalogue copy/edition date · Books and Tracts

Publication / document

The Vision Made Plain: A Sermon On Election and Reprobation. — catalogue reference

Abner Jones

Repository catalogue reference for this historical publication. The catalogue description was checked; the advertised text is not independently verified in this review.

Repository-entered date: 1809. A copy/edition date does not establish the date of original composition. Catalogued publisher: Ebenezer Baton. Danville.

1809 · Documents and Periodicals

Publication / document

Thomas Campbell’s Declaration and Address

Thomas Campbell

The 1809 Declaration and Address of the Christian Association of Washington is preserved in ACU’s Stone-Campbell Books collection. Read the historical document and examine its arguments for yourself.

Cataloged publication year

1810 · historical milestone · Education and Biography

Historical event

Birth of Tolbert Fanning

Historical source record

The sketch records his birth in Tennessee in 1810.

Year-level marker.

May 16, 1811 · Restoration Documents

Historical event

Campbell begins a preaching journey

Historical source record

The reproduced memorandum opens with his departure on May 16, 1811.

Event recalled in a manuscript reproduced in 1868.

1811 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

Extracts of Two Letters to Alexander Campbell — source reference

Thomas Campbell (source heading/volume credit)

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1811. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. The displayed source-heading or volume credit is not automatically the author of each contribution. Only parts of the selected source snapshot were retrieved; a complete text audit is not claimed.

1811 · manuscript context · Restoration Documents

Publication / document

General Observations on Church Government

Alexander Campbell

Early notes examine church offices and ordination through biblical passages.

Richardson places these developing views in late 1811; publication in his memoir came in 1868.

1811 · memorandum · Restoration Documents

Publication / document

Memorandum on an early preaching tour

Alexander Campbell

Campbell records visits, conversations, and preaching engagements beginning May 16.

The manuscript record concerns 1811; Richardson reproduced it in the 1868 memoir.

February 1, 1812 · Education and Biography

Historical event

Birth of Benjamin Franklin, the preacher

Historical source record

Joseph Franklin’s account gives his father’s birth in Belmont County, Ohio.

Historical date reported in Joseph Franklin’s later biographical account. This is the Restoration preacher, not the American statesman.

1812 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

Extracts of Two Letters to Alexander Campbell — source reference

Robert Richardson

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1812. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. Only parts of the selected source snapshot were retrieved; a complete text audit is not claimed. Web-edition metadata separately reports 1998.

1812 · historical milestone · Education and Biography

Historical event

Samuel Rogers is baptized by Stone

Historical source record

His reminiscence places his baptism by Barton W. Stone in 1812.

Year-level reminiscence.

1812 · catalogue copy/edition date · Books and Tracts

Publication / document

The Travels and Gospel Labors of Joseph Thomas, Minister of the Gospel and Elder in the Christian Church — catalogue reference

Joseph Thomas

Repository catalogue reference for this historical publication. The catalogue description was checked; the advertised text is not independently verified in this review.

Repository-entered date: 1812. A copy/edition date does not establish the date of original composition. Catalogued publisher: J. Foster. Winchester, Virginia. The described file is R. L. Roberts’s later keyed transcription with corrections and added matter, plus reproduced early pages, of an 1812 work. It is not an untouched scan of an entire 1812 original and is distinct from the later autobiographical journal.

1814 · historical milestone · Education and Biography

Historical event

Birth of Robert Milligan

Historical source record

Born in County Tyrone, Ireland.

Year only.

1815 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

English Classical School, or Mercantile Academy. — source reference

Thomas Campbell (source heading/volume credit)

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1815. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. The displayed source-heading or volume credit is not automatically the author of each contribution. The selected text snapshot is complete. Web-edition metadata separately reports 1998.

1816 · qualified source/edition/context date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

A Sermon on the Law — source reference

Alexander Campbell

Historical book, documentary selection or source-copy reference; credits and edition roles are qualified below.

Source heading: September 1, 1816 delivery at Redstone Baptist Association. Web transcription, not a physical 1816 copy.

September 1, 1816 · Debates and Discussions

Historical event

Campbell delivers the Sermon on the Law

Historical source record

The 1846 publication explicitly dates the earlier address before the Redstone Baptist Association.

Delivery date, not later publication date.

1816 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

Circular Letter — source reference

Robert Richardson

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1816. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. Only parts of the selected source snapshot were retrieved; a complete text audit is not claimed.

1816 · catalogue copy/edition date · Books and Tracts

Publication / document

The Substance of A Sermon, Delivered Before The Redstone Baptist Association, Met On Cross Creek, Brooke County, Virginia, On the 1st September, 1816. — catalogue reference

Alexander Campbell

Repository catalogue reference for this historical publication. The catalogue description was checked; the advertised text is not independently verified in this review.

Repository-entered date: 1816. A copy/edition date does not establish the date of original composition. Catalogued publisher: James Wilson. Steubenville, Ohio..

1818 · historical milestone · Education and Biography

Historical event

Birth of Jesse L. Sewell

Historical source record

Born near Wolf River, Tennessee.

Year only.

1818 · historical milestone · Education and Biography

Historical event

Walter Scott arrives in America

Historical source record

The account places Scott’s arrival in New York in July 1818.

Month and year only.

1819 · qualified source/edition/context date · Repository Catalogue References

Publication / document

History of the Christian Church, From the Birth of Christ to the Eighteeth Century; Including the Very Interesting Account of the Waldenses and Albigenses, Vol. 1&2 — source reference

William Jones

Repository catalogue/contents reference. Download advertisement and linked holdings are not independently verified reading copies.

Official catalogue description retrieved. Download/link advertisement is not a verified readable file. Catalogue credit can identify an editor or container contributor; individual contribution authorship is not assumed.

1819 · historical milestone · Education and Biography

Historical event

John Rogers begins public speaking

Historical source record

The sketch places his first public-speaking attempt on a journey to Ohio in 1819.

Year-level ministry milestone.

1820 · debate context · Debates and Discussions

Publication / document

Campbell–Walker: Debate on Christian Baptism

Alexander Campbell and John Walker

Discusses the subjects and mode of baptism in Campbell’s account of the Mount Pleasant debate.

Timeline year tracks the debate, not a verified printing year. The linked file contains a second edition and a later introduction; Campbell describes reconstructing arguments from notes and recollection.

Read debate ↗

June 19–20, 1820 · Debates and Discussions

Historical event

Campbell–Walker debate

Historical source record

The debate’s title statement dates the Mount Pleasant discussion to June 19–20.

Debate event; the linked volume’s publication or reprint date is separate.

1820 · historical milestone · Education and Biography

Historical event

John Rogers is set apart for ministry

Historical source record

The sketch places the Minerva, Kentucky, ceremony in April 1820.

Historical practice recorded.

1820 · see date note · Documents and Periodicals

Publication / document

The Candidus Essays and associated correspondence

Alexander Campbell; Keith B. Huey, electronic editor

A collected newspaper controversy addresses moral societies, Sabbath enforcement and religious liberty.

Original Reporter contributions span 1820–1822. Keith B. Huey’s edited electronic collection is dated 2001 and includes other correspondents, introduction and bibliography. The collection and its individual linked installments are grouped together. The 1898 On Moral Societies reprints selected essays with many spelling/capitalization changes and some diction changes, according to its electronic editor; it is not a verbatim original printing.

On Moral Societies: selected-essay reprint, 1898 ↗

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1821 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

A Letter to Mr. John R. Moreland in Reply to His Pamphlet. — source reference

Barton W. Stone, E. C. C

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1821. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. Only parts of the selected source snapshot were retrieved; a complete text audit is not claimed. Web-edition metadata separately reports 1998.

1821 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

An Address to the Christian Churches — source reference

Barton W. Stone (source heading/volume credit)

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1821. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. The displayed source-heading or volume credit is not automatically the author of each contribution. Only parts of the selected source snapshot were retrieved; a complete text audit is not claimed. Web-edition metadata separately reports 1998.

1822 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

Thomas Cleland's — source reference

Individual contribution credit not resolved; see enclosing source

Front matter, contents or resource navigation for the linked publication. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1822. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. Individual authorship remains unestablished; no author is inferred solely from the URL or biographical subject. The selected text snapshot is complete. This reference can provide title/front matter or navigation; it does not establish complete reading access to every linked chapter.

1823 · historical milestone · Education and Biography

Historical event

Birth of T. W. Brents

Historical source record

The sketch records Brents’s birth in Lincoln County, Tennessee, in 1823.

Year-level birth marker.

September 1, 1823 · Documents and Periodicals

Publication / document

Essay on the Proper and Primary Intention of the Gospel

Thomas Campbell

Discusses gospel reconciliation through Christ and connects apostolic preaching with repentance and baptism.

Publication date in the Christian Baptist.

1823 · source copy/volume/article date · Historical Texts and Selections

Publication / document

Letter of Dismission — source reference

Robert Richardson

Historical text or selection in the linked source page. Source text was retrieved. This reference does not represent every linked chapter, image or related work as independently verified.

Source-assigned copy, volume or article date: 1823. This is not an independent first-imprint or original-composition date audit. The selected text snapshot is complete. Web-edition metadata separately reports 1998.