Hickok papers, 1822-1875 (bulk 1830-1845)

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Hickok papers, 1822-1875 (bulk 1830-1845)

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The collection includes correspondence, certificates and licenses, lectures, sermons, and other writings by Hickok. Sermons make up the bulk of the collection. Much of the correspondence in the collection concerns Hickok's uneasy career at Union College, from his appointment as Vice President to his resignation in 1866. The collection also contains some correspondence between Hickok and his family, including his wife, Elizabeth Taylor Hickok.

8 archives boxes (4 linear ft.)

Amherst College. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7643578

Amherst College. Library

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Union college Schenectady, N.Y.

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Hickok, Laurens P. (Laurens Perseus), 1798-1888

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Hickok was born in 1798 in Bethel, Connecticut. His teaching career began even before his career as a college student when he opened a small private school in Bethel. When he was twenty, Hickok entered Union College as a junior. Upon returning home he married his former student in Bethel, Elizabeth Taylor. Through this marriage he became related to Mrs. Hickok's brother-in-law, Julius Seelye. Hickok then decided to become a minister. He received no formal education in theology, but instead appre...

Hickok, Elizabeth Taylor.

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