Timothy Dwight was an American academic and educator, a Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author. He was the eighth president of Yale College (1795–1817).
An 1817 portrait of Dwight by John Trumbull
Engraving of Dwight and his signature, circa 1820 to 1840
Congregationalism in the United States
Congregationalism in the United States consists of Protestant churches in the Reformed tradition that have a congregational form of church government and trace their origins mainly to Puritan settlers of colonial New England. Congregational churches in other parts of the world are often related to these in the United States due to American missionary activities.
The steeple of North Church, a historic Congregational church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Pilgrims Going to Church by George Henry Boughton (1867)
Recreation of Plymouth's fort and first church meeting house at Plimoth Plantation
The Old Ship Church, a Puritan meetinghouse in Hingham, Massachusetts. The plain style reflects the Calvinist values of the Puritans.