Reverend Thomas Bloomer Balch Lectures 1859

Access and use

Location of collection:
Thomas Balch Library
Thomas Balch Library
208 West Market Street
Leesburg, Virginia 20176
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POC: Alexandra S. Gressitt
Phone: (703) 737-7195
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Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

Physical characteristics and conditions affect use of this material. Photocopying is not permitted

Preferred citation:

Reverend Thomas Bloomer Balch Lectures 1859 (SC 0002), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA., Accession #SC 0002, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Virginia.

Summary

Creator:
Reverend Thomas Bloomer Balch
Abstract:
Two pamphlets titled Reminiscences of Georgetown, D.C. A Lecture and Reminiscences of Georgetown, D.C. Second Lecture
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Reverend Thomas Bloomer Balch Lectures 1859 (SC 0002), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA., Accession #SC 0002, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of two pamphlets titled Reminiscences of Georgetown

Biographical / historical:

Thomas Bloomer Balch was born in Georgetown in the District of Columbia, on 28 Feb 1793. He graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1813, and went on to study theology at Princeton Seminary for two and a half years. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Baltimore 11 Dec 1817. Balch assisted his father in Georgetown for several years after his ordination, and went on to serve as pastor at various churches in Maryland and Virginia. On 21 Aug 1820, he married Susan Carter (born 1801) who was from Fairfax County, VA.

The Balches settled on property situated between Auburn and Greenwich in Prince William County, which they called Ringwood. Around 1852, Jane Alexander Milligan (1827-1883) established a boarding school for girls in the house called Ringwood Female Academy. Balch assisted her with running the school. After settling in Virginia, he preached at a number of churches although he never accepted a permanent appointment. A pious man, he devoted much of his time to reading and writing. Susan Carter Balch died 21 Aug 1877. Thomas Bloomer Balch died at Ringwood 14 Feb 1878. They are buried in Greenwich Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Nokesville, VA.

Thomas Bloomer Balch was brother to Judge Lewis Penn Witherspoon Balch, the father of Thomas Balch, for whom Thomas Balch Library is named.

Acquisition information:
Unknown
Processing information:

Processed by Mary Lee Catlett, 20 May 2005; revised by Stephanie Adams, 9 Nov 2005.

Accruals:

2003.0031X

Physical description:
2 items