Seth Reed papers, 1848-1923.

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Seth Reed papers, 1848-1923.

Correspondence including congratulatory letters and communications on Methodist Church activities and anniversaries, sermon delivered the Sunday after President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, an address about Reed, autobiographical material by Reed and his wife, a volume of records of marriages performed by Reed, 1856-1895, miscellaneous papers, and a diary of his service as a member of the U.S. Christian Commission in Tennessee and Alabama with discussion of wartime destruction, slavery and education of slaves, hospitals and aid to soldiers; and photographs.

.3 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8301216

Bentley Historical Library

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Reed, Seth, 1823-1924

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Methodist clergyman on various Michigan circuits. From the description of Papers, 1848-1923. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420655 From the description of Seth Reed papers, 1848-1923. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 83434495 Methodist clergyman. From the description of Seth Reed photographs. 1900s-1923. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 48766721 ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

United States Christian Commission

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Methodist Episcopal Church

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The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the U.S. in 1784. The first general conference was held in 1792 and the constitution was adopted in 1900. In 1939 the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Protestant Church united to form the Methodist Church (U.S.). From the description of Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455885 From the guide to the Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945, (The New ...