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Historical marker located in Lexington, Kentucky.

Breckinridge Hall at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky — built in 1892 — is named for Robert Jefferson Breckinridge.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge is buried at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge is buried at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky.

An Address Delivered Before the Colonization Society of Kentucky, at Frankfort, on the 6th Day of January, 1831 (1831, 1843)

An Address Delivered Before the Temperance Society in the Woodford Church, on the 13th November, 1831 (1831, 1843)

Hints on Colonization and Abolition; With Reference to the Black Race (1833)

A Short Treatise of the Scapular (1833)

Act and Testimony (1834)

The Immorality of the Traffic, Manufacture, and Use, of Ardent Spirits as a Drink; and the Duty of Christians with Reference to the Temperance Cause. Being the Substance of a Discourse, Delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church in the City of Baltimore, on the 8th of June, 1834 (1834)

Secreta Monita Societatis Jesu: The Secret Counsels of the Society of Jesus, in Latin and English. The Latin Being the Text Used in Former Editions: The English, a New and More Literal Version. To Which is Prefixed a Discourse on the Authenticity of the Work (1835)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 1 (1835)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1 [Jan. 1836] (1836)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 2 [Feb. 1836] (1836)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3 [Mar. 1836] (1836)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4 [Apr. 1836] (1836)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 5 [May 1836] (1836)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 6 [June 1836] (1836)

Discussion on American Slavery Between George Thompson and Robert J. Breckinridge (1836)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 7 [July 1836] (1836)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8 [Aug. 1836] (1836)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 9 [Sept. 1836] (1836)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 10 [Oct. 1836] (1836)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 11 [Nov. 1836] (1836)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 12 [Dec. 1836] (1836)

A Discourse on the Formation and Development of the American Mind: Delivered before the Literary Societies of Lafayette college, at Easton, Pa., on the 20th September 1837 (1837)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 3 (1837)

Documentary History of the Assembly of 1837 (1837, 1882)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1 [Jan. 1838] (1838)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2 [Feb. 1838] (1838)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4 No. 3 [Mar. 1838] (1838)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 4 [Apr. 1838] (1838)

Address Before the Maryland Colonization Society (1838)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 5 [May 1838] (1838)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 6 [June 1838] (1838)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 7 [July 1838] (1838)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 8 [Aug. 1838] (1838)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 9 [Sept. 1838] (1838)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 10 [Oct. 1838] (1838)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 11 [Nov. 1838] (1838)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 12 [Dec. 1838] (1838)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 5 (1839)

A Plea for the Restoration of the Scriptures to the Schools (1839)

Memoranda of Foreign Travel (1839)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 6 (1840)

The Second Defence of Robert J. Breckinridge, Against the Calumnies of Robert Wickliffe: Being a Reply to His Printed Speech of November 8, 1840 (1841)

The Baltimore Literary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 7 (1841)

Papism in the XIX Century, in the United States (1841)

The Calling of the Church of Christ and the Rule of Her Faith: Two Discourses (1842)

Spirit of the XIX. Century, Vol. 1 (1842)

The Rule of Faith: A Discourse to Vindicate the Incarnate Word, Delivered by Order of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America For 1841, Before That For 1842 (1842)

A Discourse to Illustrate the Posture and Duty of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Delivered at the Opening of the General Assembly of 1842 (1842)

The Third Defence of Robert J. Breckinridge Against the Calumnies of Robert Wickliffe (1843)

Spirit of the XIX. Century, Vol. 2 (1843)

The Bi-Centenary of the Westminster Assembly, July 1, 1643-1843: Report and Recommendations of the Standing Committee of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (1843)

Presbyterian Government, Not a Hierarchy, but a Commonwealth, and, Presbyterian Ordination, Not a Charm, but an Act of Government (1843)

Hints on Slavery (1843)

The Christian Pastor (1845)

Memoranda of Foreign Travel: Containing Notices of a Pilgrimage Through Some of the Principal States of Western Europe, Vol. 1 (1845)

Memoranda of Foreign Travel: Containing Notices of a Pilgrimage Through Some of the Principal States of Western Europe, Vol. 2 (1845)

Some Thoughts on the Development of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (1848)

Denominational Education (1849)

The Recapitulation of All Things in Christ (1851)

The Black Race: Some Reflections of Its Position and Destiny, as Connected With Our American Dispensation: A Discourse Delivered Before the Kentucky Colonization Society (1851)

Protest Against the Use of Instrumental Music in the Stated Worship of God on the Lord’s Day (1851, 1853)

A Protest Against the Use of Instrumental Music in the Stated Worship of God on the Lord's Day (1851, 1856)

The General Internal Evidence of Christianity (1853)

Christ, the Life of His People: A Discourse (1853, 1861)

Address to the Graduates of the Kentucky School of Medicine, Session 1853-4 (1854)

Inaugural Address at the Danville Theological Seminary (1854)

Fidelity in Our Lot: The Substance of a Discourse Preached by Appointment of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, at Their Annual Meeting in the City of Nashville, Tennessee, in May, 1855 (1855)

A Letter to the Hon. Charles Sumner, A Senator in Congress from the State of Massachusetts: Occasioned by his Anti-Slavery Discourse in Niblo‘s Theatre (1855)

Mission of the Presbyterian Church — Dr. Breckinridge’s Missionary Sermon (1855)

An Oration to Commemorate Henry Clay; Delivered in the Amphitheatre of the Fair Ground, at Lexington, Kentucky, on the Occasion of Laying the Corner Stone of the National Clay Monument, on the Fourth Day of July, 1857 (1857)

Destiny of the Colored Race (1860)

The Danville Quarterly Review, Vol. 1 (1861)

Discourse Delivered By Rev. R.J. Breckinridge on the Day of National Humiliation, Jan. 4, 1861, at Lexington, KY (1861)

Our Country: Its Peril and Its Deliverance (1861)

The Civil War: Its Nature and End (1861)

October 9, 1861 Letter to Abraham Lincoln (1861)

November 25, 1861 Letter to Abraham Lincoln (1861)

The Danville Quarterly Review, Vol. 2 (1862)

Two Speeches on the State of the Country (1862)

The Danville Quarterly Review, Vol. 3 (1863)

The Danville Quarterly Review, Vol. 4 (1864)

The Nation’s Success and Gratitude: The Substance of a Discourse Delivered in Danville, Ky., on the 26th of November, 1863, the Day of National Thanksgiving and Prayer (1864)

The Divine Origin and Supremacy of Civil Government (1864)

The Political Campaign in Kentucky — Speech of Rev. Dr. Breckinridge (1864)

September 29, 1864 Letter to Abraham Lincoln (1864)

November 16, 1864 Letter to Abraham Lincoln (1864)

November 28, 1864 Letter to Abraham Lincoln (1864)

December 8, 1864 Letter to William C. Goodloe (1864)

The Great Deliverance and the New Career (1865)

The Knowledge of God Objectively Considered (1869)

The Knowledge of God Subjectively Considered (1869)

Extracted from Baird’s Digest.

Extracted from Baird’s Digest.