Students of the writings of Samuel Miller (1769-1850) have several places to go to find a bibliography of his writings.
Jeremiah Chamberlain (1794-1851), “Catalog of Books by the Rev’d Samuel Miller D.D.” (n.d.) in Papers, Presbyterian Historical Society;
William Buell Sprague, “List of Dr. Miller’s Publications” in A Discourse Commemorative of the Rev. Samuel Miller, D.D. (1850);
Miller’s granddaughter, Margaret Miller, prepared his bibliography for The Princeton Theological Review (Vol. IX, No. 4, October 1911);
Wayne Sparkman of the PCA Historical Center prepared an annotated bibliography for The Confessional Presbyterian Journal (Vol. 1, 2005); and
Nicholas T. Batzig prepared a bibliography for Feeding on Christ (Sept. 11, 2012).
Miller’s writings are voluminous, and Log College Press is working to add as many as possible to the site. Careful distinctions have to be made between the writings of Samuel Miller the Elder, and his son, Samuel Miller, Jr. (1816-1883); Samuel Miller of the German Reformed Church (1815-1873); Samuel Miller of Glasgow (1810-1881); etc. Some of our Miller’s writings, it may be observed, were published under pseudonyms. They are varied and curious.
The Doctrine and Order of the Waldenses. Signed, Historicus. Five articles in The Virginia Evangelical and Literary Magazine, pp. 259-264, 297-301, 370-374, 514-520, of 1820, and pp. 57-63 of 1821. Richmond.
Open Letter on the observance of Christmas. Signed Biblicus. Commercial Advertiser, Dec. 29, 1825. New York.
Remarks on a Certain Extreme in Pursuing the Temperance Cause. Signed, A Friend to Temperance Societies. Ibid., vol. II, 1830, pp. 242-250. Philadelphia.
Open Letter on Voluntary Societies, signed Pacificus. The New York Observer, Dec. 3, 1837.
Micae Ecclesiasticae, signed Biblicus. Three open letters. The Presbyterian, Feb. 9, 16, 23, 1839. Philadelphia and New York.
Open Letter "To T L, Esquire," signed Apostolus. The Presbyterian, Feb. 29, 1840. Philadelphia and New York.
Licentiates. An open letter, signed Clericus. The Presbyterian, May 21, 1842.
Rights of Ruling Elders. An open letter, signed Canonicus. The Presbyterian, May 21, 1842. Philadelphia and New York.
Rights of Ruling Elders. A series of five open letters, signed Calvin. The Presbyterian, Nov. 26, Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24, 1842. Philadelphia and New York.
Remarks on Clericus. An open letter, signed S.M. The Presbyterian, Feb. 19, 1848. New York and Philadelphia.
The Bishop and the Bible, or, the nail driven home, by “Old Covenanting and True Presbyterian” and Samuel Miller (Albany [NY]: Munsell & Rowland, 1858), 35pp.; 23cm. Under the pseudonym, some 60 works, published between 1714-1981, can be located; the section attributed to “Samuel Miller” is an outline of a sermon on women’s rights, or rather, the rights of women in all ages, stations and nations. Given the date of publication, the work is more likely authored by some other Miller, perhaps his son. Copies of this particular work were located at the Upper Hudson Library System and at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
These pseudonyms tell us something about the writer, and the emphasis he wished to place on particular writings. The full survey of Samuel Miller’s written corpus has yet to be assembled, but we are working at Log College Press, along with others, to advance that worthy project.