Wilbur Fisk collection 1828-1849 1829 Fisk, William collection

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Wilbur Fisk collection 1828-1849 1829 Fisk, William collection

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The Wilbur Fisk collection mostly contains letters that Fisk received from parents of current and prospective students while serving as president of the Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts.

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Wesleyan Academy (Wilbraham, Mass.)

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Fisk, Wilbur, 1792-1839

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Wilbur Fisk was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, on August 31, 1792, the son of Isaiah Fisk (1763-1859) and Hanna Bacon (1760-1845). He attended the University of Vermont before graduating from Brown University in 1815. Fisk became a licensed Methodist preacher on March 14, 1818, and worked with several churches in Vermont and Massachusetts. In 1822, he became an elder of the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Between 1825 and 1831, he served as the first president of the Wes...