Archibald Alexander
Archibald Alexander lived from 1771 until 1851 and was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia. His local importance to Central Virginia cannot be overstated. Alexander attended Liberty Hall
Academy from the age of ten until he completed secondary schooling. Becoming an ordained Presbyterian minister in 1791, he would serve the community for another seven years before traveling abroad to England and New York in 1801. This would lead to pastorship in Philadelphia in 1807 and a DD degree conferred upon the Virginian in 1810. During his life in Virginia Alexander enjoyed camaraderie with the like of Samuel Davies and Patrick Henry. (1) (2)
Princeton Seminary
Archibald Alexander would take his zeal and Virginian charm with him to the Northeast into New Jersey.
1812 he would be chosen as the first and lead professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary, where he would reside, minister and teach for nearly forty years until his death in 1851. Considered by scholars and theologians as pivotal in the Great Revival, a mentor to Charles Hodge who became his successor at Princeton Theological Seminary, both of which are iconoclasts in the Presbyterian church. Academic and theological writings appear from Alexander consistently from 1829 to 1850 in the Princeton Review , though he did not publish his first work until the age of 52. From 1823 forward, Alexander would publish many pieces including Outlines of the Evidences of Christianity (1823) and Thoughts on Religious Experience (1844). More recently lecture notes of Archibald Alexander, written by Charles Hodge have been discovered at Princeton, printed, digitized and transcribed by Presbyterian scholars and theologians. (1) (2) (3)
Liberty Hall and Bedford County, VA.
Liberty Hall is located in New London, Virginia and is an unincorporated town of Bedford County. New London’s history includes property owned by Thomas Jefferson, playing a key role in the American Revolution, home to a court where Patrick Henry argued multiple cases and was the original county seat. Liberty Hall built as a brick utility residence by Dr. John Thomas Wyatt Read in 1815, less than a quarter mile from New London Academy attended by Archibald Alexander, and eventually became Liberty Hall Academy. The original structure would incur a visit from the Union General David Hunter on his travel down the Salem Turnpike en route to Lynchburg during the Civil War. Alongside Hunter were his staff officers of later fame, Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley and James A. Garfield, all three would become U.S. Presidents. (1) (4) (5)
Sources
- Banner of Truth: Archibald A. Alexander. 2021. https://banneroftruth.org/us/about/banner-authors/archibald-a-alexander/ (accessed July 2, 2021).
- Alexander, James Waddell. The life of Archibald Alexander, D.D., first professor in the Theological seminary, at Princeton, New Jersey. New York: C. Scribner, 1854.
- Reformed Forum. “Archibald Alexander and Princeton Seminary.” com. August 22, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE0j_6UQC9I (accessed July 2, 2021).
- Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Liberty Hall. May 21, 2020. https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/009-0013/ (accessed July 2, 2021).
- New London Museum. New London Chronology. https://newlondonmuseum.org/ (accessed July 2, 2021).
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