Letter : Walnut Hills, Ohio, to Lewis Weld, 1834 August 13.

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Letter : Walnut Hills, Ohio, to Lewis Weld, 1834 August 13.

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In this letter Weld writes to his brother Lewis Weld about a cholera epidemic sweeping the Lane Seminary. He describes the illnesses and deaths of several students, and notes the religious conversion of one only minutes before his death. He also remarks on the upcoming meeting of the Committee on Trustees, a meeting at which the trustees decided against toleration of the abolitionists.

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Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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Lane Theological Seminary

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Lane Theological Seminary founded 1829; merged with Presbyterian Theological Seminary of the South in 1910, retaining its own name; merged with Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Chicago in 1932, under the name: Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Chicago. The seminary suffered from financial difficulties and controversies several times: internal struggle regarding abolitionist student movements; during the Old School/New School schism; in the 1890s when Prof. Henry Preserved Smith was tried and ...

Weld, Lewis, 1796-1853

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Lewis Ledyard Weld, brother of Mason C. Weld, was born in Hartford, Connecticut on May 13, 1833. He graduated from Yale in 1854 and studied law in New York City. In 1858 Weld opened a law office in Leavenworth, Kansas and was active in the fight to keep Kansas free of slavery. He moved to Colorado and was appointed by Lincoln secretary and acting governor of the territory. In 1863 Weld became a captain in the 7th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops and in 1864 he was appointed major of the...

Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895

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Writer Weld, the husband of Angelina GrimkeĢ, was active in the abolitionist and temperance movements. For additional biographical information, see Dictionary of American Biography and Who Was Who in America, 1607-1896 (1963). From the description of Letters, 1880-1890 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007533 Theodore Dwight Weld was born in Hampton, Connecticut on November 23, 1803. An advocate and crusader for temperance, abolition and women's right...