Diligent and Unwearied in the Discharge of His Pastoral Duties: The 1805 Diary of the Rev. Dr. James Muir, Minister of the Old Presbyterian Meeting House in Alexandria, Virginia

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Alexandria, Virginia
Presbyterian

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That is an annotated transcription of the Rev. Dr. James Muir’s personal diary from 1805. Born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1757, Rev. Muir served as the third minister of the Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Virginia, now referred to as the Old Presbyterian Meeting House, from 1789 until his death in 1820. The Old Presbyterian Meeting House used to be in the beginning referred to as Alexandria’s Presbyterian Church and then as its First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Muir’s diary provides a historical document that, in its account of a single calendar year within the life of one individual, both raises and answers questions about a bygone era. It also provides a historical guide to aspects of the remarkable heritage that continues to nowadays in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia; a heritage that exists nowadays within the vibrant religious community of the Old Presbyterian Meeting House and within the larger community, where the streets that Muir walked, and such a lot of of the houses and places he visited still exist. A discussion of Alexandria in 1805, an examination of the original diary and its transcription, and a biographical sketch of Rev. Muir precede the diary. Appendices include: the diary’s title page and handwritten notes that appear on end pages of the diary, a list of the Bible texts of sermons by Rev. Dr. Muir all the way through 1805 (within the order delivered), and a list of the published works of the Rev. Muir. A bibliography and an index to full-names, places and subjects make stronger the text.
Alexandria, Virginia
Presbyterian

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