Salter, William, 1821-1910

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Pioneer Congregational minister, abolitionist, author. William Salter, one of the Iowa Band members from the Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, was ordained in Denmark, Iowa in 1843. After spending two years as a circuit rider he became the pastor at the First Congregational Church in Burlington where he remained for over sixty years. Salter publicly opposed slavery, participating in Iowa's underground railroad network and helping to organize support for the free-staters in the Bleeding Kansas conflict. During the Civil War he served in the U.S. Christian Commission, administering aid and religious counsel to soldiers during the Atlanta Campaign. Salter was a prolific author, writing primarily biographies and histories.

From the description of Papers, 1842-1909. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 52084549

Congregational clergyman, author, historiographer, and member of the Iowa Band.

From the description of William Salter papers, 1843-1907. (Oglesby Public Library District). WorldCat record id: 37175115

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creatorOf Salter, William, 1821-1910. Papers, 1842-1909. State Historical Society of Iowa, Library
referencedIn Eliab Parker Mackintire letters, 1845-1863 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Salter, William, 1821-1910. [Autograph letter signed, Burlington, Iowa, December 6, 1900, addressed to Frank E. Stevens and pertaining to the purchase of a book entitled The semi-centennial commemoration of the first settlement of Iowa ...] Newberry Library
referencedIn Cartland family papers, 1823-1913. Houghton Library
referencedIn Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. Letters to William Salter from Benjamin Salter, William Frost Salter, and Mary Ann Mackintire, 1843-1854. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Dodge, Augustus C. (Augustus Caesar), 1812-1883. Augustus C. Dodge correspondence and address to constituents, 1841-1882. State Historical Society of Iowa, Library
referencedIn Newhall, J. B. (John Bailey), 1806-1849. J.B. Newhall correspondence and publication, 1841-1849. State Historical Society of Iowa, Library
creatorOf Salter, William, 1821-1910. [Autograph letter signed, Burlington, Iowa, November 30, 1900, addressed to Frank E. Stevens and pertaining to the purchase of a copy of Salter's Life of Henry Dodge ... ] Newberry Library
creatorOf Mackintire, Eliab Parker, 1797-1864. Eliab Parker Mackintire letters, 1845-1863. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Salter, William, 1821-1910. William Salter papers, 1843-1907. Grinnell College. Burling Library
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correspondedWith Adams, Ephraim, 1818-1907 person
associatedWith Andover Theological Seminary corporateBody
correspondedWith Cartland family. family
associatedWith Dodge, Augustus C. (Augustus Caesar), 1812-1883. person
associatedWith Dodge family. family
correspondedWith Emerson, Oliver person
associatedWith Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library) corporateBody
associatedWith Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library) corporateBody
associatedWith First Congregational Church (Burlington, Iowa) corporateBody
correspondedWith Holbrook, John C. (John Calvin), 1808-1900 person
associatedWith Iowa band. corporateBody
associatedWith Iowa Band. corporateBody
correspondedWith Lane, Daniel person
associatedWith Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. person
correspondedWith Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 person
associatedWith Mackintire, Eliab Parker, 1797-1864. person
associatedWith Newhall, J. B. (John Bailey), 1806-1849. person
correspondedWith Reed, Julius A. person
correspondedWith Robbins, Alden B. person
correspondedWith Turner, Edwin B. person
associatedWith United States Christian Commission. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Iowa
Burlington (Iowa)
United States
Subject
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Atlanta Campaign, 1864
Biographers
Congregational churches
Circuit riders
Frontier and pioneer life
Historians
Underground railroad
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Birth 1821

Death 1910

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