Guide to the Ashbel Green Papers
Open for research.
Folder 4 is restricted for preservation reasons; please use transcript in Box 1, Folder 3.
Ashbel Green was born in Hanover, NJ in 1762. He served in the New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution and in 1782 he entered the College of New Jersey (Princeton University) as a junior. He graduated the following year and in 1785 he became a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy. He studied for the ministry under John Witherspoon and in 1787 he was called to the Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia.
From 1792-1800 Green held the post of chaplain to the Congress of the United States. He was Stated Clerk of the General Assembly from 1790-1803. In 1812 he returned to Princeton as president of the university, a position he held until 1822. During these years he was instrumental in the founding and administration of the Princeton Theological Seminary. During 1824 he was General Assembly moderator. He died in Philadelphia in 1848.
Ashbel Green's papers include sermons and correspondence.
Folder 4 contains an 1816 manuscript letter to Keturah Young relating to the proposed marriage between Elizabeth Beach and Elisha Swift. A complete transcript of the letter is available in Folder 3.
SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1786-1842
SERIES 2: SERMONS, 1786-1806, n.d.
SERIES 3: OTHER PAPERS, 1823-1843, n.d.
Researchers should check the card catalogue for published works of Ashbel Green.
Related collections include Record Group 33, records of the Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia.
Collection processed and finding aid prepared: October 1992
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist
| Box | Folder | Description | |
| 1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 321 | |
| SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1786-1842 | |||
| 1 | 2 | Incoming, 1786, 1833 | |
| 1 | 3 | Outgoing, 1814-42 | |
| 1 | 4 | Outgoing, 1816 [restricted for preservation reasons; use transcript in Box 1, Folder 3] | |
| 1 | 5 | Letter to People of Philadelphia who have remained in the city during the pestilence of 1790 (unfinished); partial transcript | |
| SERIES 2: SERMONS, 1786-1806, undated | |||
| 1 | 6 | #2, 1786 | |
| 1 | 7 | #3, 1786 | |
| 1 | 8 | #50, 1788 | |
| 1 | 9 | #69, 1788 | |
| 1 | 10 | #95, 1789 | |
| 1 | 11 | #97, 1789 | |
| 1 | 12 | #115, 1790 | |
| 1 | 13 | #116, 1790 | |
| 1 | 14 | #118, 1790 | |
| 1 | 15 | #129, 1790 | |
| 1 | 16 | #155, 1791 | |
| 1 | 17 | #189, 1792 | |
| 1 | 18 | #246, 1797 | |
| 1 | 19 | 1804 | |
| 1 | 20 | 1805-06 | |
| 1 | 21 | Undated | |
| SERIES 3: OTHER PAPERS, 1823-1843, undated | |||
| 1 | 22 | Philadelphia Presbytery--Letter, 1839 | |
| 1 | 22 | Philadelphia Presbytery--Report, 1843 | |
| 1 | 22 | Philadelphia Presbytery--Reply to Protest, undated | |
| 1 | 23 | Note to North Carolina Synod Moderator, 1823 | |
| 1 | 23 | Receipt, 1830 |