Edward D. Neill and familypapers. 1786-1931(bulk 1841-1931).

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Edward D. Neill and familypapers. 1786-1931(bulk 1841-1931).

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Neill's papers document his career as a student at Amherstand Andover (1842-1844), a Presbyterian home missionary in Illinois (1847-1848), aPresbyterian minister in St. Paul, Minnesota (1849-1860), the founder of churches inMinnesota, state superintendent of education and chancellor of the University ofMinnesota (1858-1861), chaplain of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry and of thePhiladelphia hospitals (1861-1864), American consul at Dublin, Ireland (1869-1871),and president of and professor at Macalester College (1873-1893).

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