Letter from Levi Hedge to William Jenks, June 1, 1807.

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Letter from Levi Hedge to William Jenks, June 1, 1807.

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Levi Hedge wrote this letter to William Jenks on June 1, 1807. It was sent by Hedge, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Jenks, then serving as minister in Bath, Maine, by way of a young man named H. Bigelow. In the letter, Hedge explains that Bigelow, formerly an undergraduate student at Harvard, had decided to withdraw from college due to an "unfortunate connexion with characters, which do no honor to our society." Apparently Bigelow hoped to sail to India and had sought a berth on a ship, to his parents's great dismay. Jenks had offered for Bigelow to come to Maine and to stay with his family for a few months. Bigelow appears to have accepted the offer to visit Maine, bringing this letter with him.

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Jenks, William, 1778-1866

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William Jenks was born in Newton, Massachusetts on November 25, 1778. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1797, an A.M. in 1800 and an S.T.D. in 1842. He also received two degrees from Bowdoin College: an S.T.D. in 1825 and an L.L.D. in 1862. Jenks served as pastor of churches in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Bath, Maine before joining the faculty of Bowdoin College as professor of Oriental and English literature. He later returned to Boston, where he founded a mission for seamen and took...

Hedge, Levi, 1766-1844

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Levi Hedge was born in Warwick, Massachusetts on April 19, 1766. He attended Harvard College, receiving an A.B. in 1792 and an A.M. in 1795. He also received an Honorary A.M. from Brown University in 1808 and an LL.D. from Yale in 1823. He was married to Mary Kneeland. Hedge taught at Harvard College for thirty-seven years, as tutor from 1795 to 1810, as College Professor of Logic and Metaphysics from 1810 to 1827, and as Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy and Ci...