Francis Wayland Dunn papers 1856-1874

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Francis Wayland Dunn papers 1856-1874

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Student at Hillsdale College, soldier during the Civil War with the 64th Illinois Volunteers. Diaries, 1860-1872, describing student life, wartime activities, trip to Europe and the Near East, and western trip containing impressions of Indians and Mormons; also correspondence, various writings, and commonplace book, 1872.

2 linear feet (20 volumes and 36 folders)

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Bentley Historical Library

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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 64th (1861-1865)

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Dunn, Francis Wayland, 1843-1874.

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Francis Wayland Dunn was born January 29, 1843 in Wayne, Astabula County, Ohio. Following graduation from Hillsdale College in 1862 Dunn enlisted in Company A, 64th Illinois Infantry. He later served in Company H, First Alabama Cavalry (Union) as sergeant major. After the war, Dunn taught at Hillsdale College. He also traveled extensively in the Middle East and much of Europe. He died December 13, 1873. From the guide to the Francis Wayland Dunn papers, 1856-1874, (Bentley Historical...

Hillsdale College

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Dunn, Ransom, 1818-1900.

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Free Will Baptist minister and president of Hillsdale College. From the description of Ransom Dunn papers, 1796-1900. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419813 Ransom Dunn was born in Bakersfield, Vermont, July 7, 1818. Around 1830, he joined the Free Will Baptist Church and soon thereafter decided to enter the ministry. He moved about frequently in this period. In 1837, he was in Ohio where he was ordained, then back east where he was minister at t...