Samuel Witt Eaton papers, 1838-1905 (inclusive).

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Samuel Witt Eaton papers, 1838-1905 (inclusive).

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The Samuel Witt Eaton Papers consist largely correspondence from classmates at Yale College, among them Timothy Dwight, James Hadley, and John A. Porter. The letters discuss theology and the ministry as well as life at Yale College. Also in the papers are materials relating to the Civil War, during which Eaton served as chaplain. Included is his "Sketches from a three year experience in the army."

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Yale University Library

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Dwight, Timothy, 1828-1916

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Congregational minister, president of Yale. From the description of Letters of Timothy Dwight [manuscript], 1894-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812954 Timothy Dwight was born on November 16, 1828 in Norwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1849 (B.A.) and 1852 (M.A.). Dwight was licensed to preach in 1855 and ordained in 1861. He served Yale College as tutor (1851-1855), assistant professor (1858-1861) and professor of Sacred Liter...

Morse, Samuel B.

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Pickard, J. L. (Josiah Little), 1824-1914

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Josiah L. Pickard served as the sixth president of the State University of Iowa, from 1878 to 1887. A leading educator and administrator, Pickard assumed the presidency after heading the public school system in Chicago. He also was a devoted student of history, serving as president of the State Historical Society of Iowa for nearly 20 years. Pickard, a native of Maine, graduated from Bowdoin College in 1844 and served as principal of Platteville (Wisconsin) Academy until 1860. That year, he was ...

Yale University. Class of 1884

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Yale University.

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Hadley, James, 1821-1872

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James Hadley: philologist; B.A., Yale, 1842; spent two years at the Yale Divinity School, 1844-1845; appointed tutor in Yale College in 1845, promoted to asst. prof. of Greek in 1848, in 1851 succeeded Theodore Dwight Woolsey, holding the chair of Greek until retirement. Arthur Twining Hadley was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on April 23, 1856, the son of James Hadley, a professor of Greek at Yale. He graduated from Yale College, Class of 1876, studied at the Universit...

Porter, John A. (John Addison), 1822-1866

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Turner, Sylvester Wooster, 1822-1906.

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Eaton, Sereno.

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Eaton, Samuel Witt, 1820-1905.

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Samuel Witt Eaton was ordained in 1848 and settled in Wisconsin. He served as the chaplain of Seventh Wisconsin Volunteers in Union Army. He returned to Wisconsin and remained there until 1886 when he moved to Roscoe, Illinois. He again returned to Wisconsin in 1903. From 1899-1905 he was a corporate member of American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Samuel Witt Eaton papers, 1838-1905 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169211 ...

Porter, Henry Clinton, d. 1877.

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