George Hooper Ferris manuscript, circa 1896

Collection context

Creator:
Ferris, George Hooper, 1867-1917
Abstract:
George Hooper Ferris attended Union Theological Seminary from 1893 to 1896, and was a pastor in Tarryton, New York, New Haven, Connecticut, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This collection contains one 225 page manuscript entitled "The Christianity of Ignatius;" the title page bears the inscribed signature, "G.H. Ferris, A.M."
Extent:
0.25 linear feet (0.25 linear feet; 1 box)
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

This collection contains a single manuscript entitled "The Christianity of Ignatius." Though the manuscript is undated and is without commentary or marginalia, the title page bears the inscribed signature, "G.H. Ferris, A.M." The manuscript is 225 pages long.

Biographical / historical:

George Hooper Ferris was born in Lamartine, Wisconsin, in 1867. He graduated from Brown University in 1891 and attended Union Theological Seminary from 1893 to 1896. He was ordained by the Hudson River Baptist Association in April 1896. He served as a pastor in Tarryton, New York from 1896 to 1899, later residing (also as pastor), in New Haven (1899- 1905) and Philadelphia (1905-1917). He died in Wisconsin in 1917.

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Preferred citation:

UTS1: George Hooper Ferris Manuscript, c. 1896, series #, box #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.

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