![[3730421] Anniversary Address delivered before the Alumni Association of the Western University of Pennsylvania. [now the University of Pittsburgh]. A. M. Rev. Joseph R. Kerr, 1807–1843.](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730421.jpg?auto=webp&v=1621291263)
Anniversary Address delivered before the Alumni Association of the Western University of Pennsylvania. [now the University of Pittsburgh]
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Speech by Western Pennsylvania University graduate, Joseph Reynolds Kerr (1807–1843)—Class of 1826, delivered to his fellow alumni. Now a Presbyterian minister, Rev. Kerr was an 1830 graduate of the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He was the son of Irish immigrant, Rev. Joseph Kerr, D.D. (1778–1829), one of the first professors at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
“The University’s buildings, along with most of its records and files, were destroyed in a widespread 1845 fire that wiped out 20 square blocks of the most valuable part of Pittsburgh.” (Wikipedia) Rare: OCLC reports two copies (Western Rsv. Hist. Soc. Lib. and Pittsburgh Theol. Seminary).
Description: Anniversary Address delivered before the Alumni Association of the Western University of Pennsylvania. [now the University of Pittsburgh]
Pittsburgh: Printed by Alexander Jaynes, Market Street, 1836. 15, [1 (blank)]pp. Sm. 8vo. Pamphlet; removed; without wrappers; some foxing and toning; Very Good.
[3730421]Ref. The One-Hundredth Annual Catalogue of the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary of the United Presbyterian Church of North America… (Pittsburgh, 1925), p96.
Price: $45.00
Status: On Hold