William P. Richardson Papers, 1752-1842

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William P. Richardson Papers, 1752-1842

Includes a Granville and North Carolina state land grant, deed, 1770, 1784 (oversize); a will, undated; correspondence of Jeremiah Perry, 1827, 1842; a marriage license, 1800, two letters from William Person, from Missouri, 1840, 1842; and a photocopy of a letter and Columbian College circular from Samuel Wait to Luther Rice, May 16, 1827.

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Columbian College (Washington, D.C.)

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Richardson, William P. (William Perry), 1904-1987

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Wilson, N.C. school teacher. From the description of Papers, 1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36437737 ...

Wait, Samuel, 1789-1867

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Samuel Wait (1789-1867) was a Baptist minister and first President of Wake Forest Institute (later Wake Forest University). Wait was born and raised in New England and married Sarah (Sally) Merriam (1794-1871)in 1818.WAit traveled to North carolina to raise funds for Columbian College, and in 1827 was induced to remain in the state permanently, as minister first of New Bern Baptist Church, then Abbott's Creek Baptist Church. In 1834 Wait was appointed head of the newly formed Wake Forest Manual ...

Rice, Luther, 1783-1836

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Luther Rice (1783-1836) is regarded as the founder of Columbian College, now The George Washington University. Rice was born in Nothborough Massachusetts in 1783 and died in Edgefield district, South Carolina in 1836. He entered Williams College in 1807 and there developed a strong interest in foreign missions. He was ordained as a Congregational minister in Salem, Massachusetts in 1812. In 1813 and after a missionary journey to India, he went to Boston. Having difficulties with policy within th...