Diary, 1858-1861.

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Diary, 1858-1861.

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Diary kept while Huckins was a student at Baldwin University (now Baldwin-Wallace College) in Berea, and while serving several churches in northern Ohio. Short, introspective entries generally relate to his doubts about his qualifications as a minister and to his matrimonial prospects, with brief references to his school activities and studies, John Brown, James Buchanan, the election of Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War, and slavery.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6971461

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Baldwin-Wallace College

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Methodist-affiliated liberal arts college in Berea, Ohio. It was founded in 1837 as the Berea Seminary, a part of the Lyceum Community commune. In 1846 it was chartered as the Baldwin Institute and in 1855 it became Baldwin University. Its German Dept. (est. 1857) withdrew to form German Wallace College in 1863. In 1913 the two schools merged as Baldwin-Wallace College. From the description of Records 1913-1958. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17462881 cl...

Huckins, George N., b. 1838.

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Methodist minister, resident of Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. From the description of Diary, 1858-1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270695 From the description of Diary, 1858-1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19851259 ...

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

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Epithet: US President British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000128 James Buchanan, Jr. (1791-1868) was the 15th President of the United States, serving from 1857–1861. Prior to his presidency, Buchanan represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives and later the Senate, and served as Secretary of State under President James K. Polk (1845-1849). Source : About the White Hous...

Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...

Baldwin University (Berea, Ohio)

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