William Salter papers, 1843-1907.

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William Salter papers, 1843-1907.

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Contains letters written to Salter and notes written by him. Letters concern both personal correspondence and that relating to his affairs: church business, business of Iowa College, Salter's research into the history of the Dodge family, and other concerns. One letter, from James S. Graham in 1884, recounts his experience watching President Lincoln while he reviewed the 68th Illinois Infantry Volunteers.

2 boxes (7.5 linear in.)

Grinnell College. Burling Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7390832

Grinnell College. Burling Library

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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 Bleed...

Iowa band.

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Emerson, Oliver

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Lane, David 19..-.... cineĢaste

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Reed, Julius A.

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Robbins, Alden B.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Dodge family.

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Turner, Edwin B.

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Holbrook, John C. (John Calvin), 1808-1900

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Adams, Ephraim, 1818-1907

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Congregational minister, founder and trustee of Iowa College. Dr. Adams was a member of the Iowa Band of Congregational missionaries who came to Iowa in 1843. He served as a pastor in Mt. Pleasant, Davenport, Decorah and Eldora. He was instrumental in the founding of Iowa College in Davenport. The college subsequently moved to Grinnell. Adams was a long time member of the college's board of trustees. Ephraim and his wife Elisabeth were married in 1845. From the description of Papers,...