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                <text>19th Century&#13;
1830's&#13;
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                <text>Some of these documents are letters detailing Lyman Beecher's acceptance as president of the seminary. Other documents spell out the charter to incorporate the seminary. A Cincinnati newspaper article tells of the establishment of Lane Seminary. </text>
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            <text>&lt;p&gt;(Lane_008)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 1                          To the Hon. The Senate &amp;amp; House of Representatives&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 2                          of the State of Ohio in General Assembly ~&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 3                                      The Petition of Joshua S. Wilson, David Root,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 4              James Challen, William Schillinger, Robert Boal Jr, Jabes C. Tunis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 5              John F. Keyes, Isaac G. Burnet, Ephraim Robins, James Warren&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 6              John H. Groesbeck, Robert Wallace, William W. Greene, John Thompson&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 7              Daniel Hayden, David Wurtz, Samuel January, &amp;amp; Abraham A. Halsey&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 8              Respectfully Herewith _&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 9                                                  That whereas Your Petitioners&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 10            impressed with the importance of religious Education and&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 11            believing that the interests of religion &amp;amp; learning in the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 12            west require the establishment of a well regulated&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 13            literary &amp;amp; theological Seminary in this section of Country&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 14            have conceived the design of forming such an Establishment_&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 15            And whereas the peculiar plan of the proposed seminary&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 16            combines many advantages especially in the facilities which&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 17            would be afforded to [indigent] young for acquiring a&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 18            preparation for the godful ministry ~ And whereas the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 19            pecuniary means necessary for the support of said institution&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 20            after its establishment [under] a legal act of incorporation&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 21            have been guaranteed to your Petitioners by Messrs. E. Lane &amp;amp; Co.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 22            Merchants of New Orleans, who have generously offered to&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 23            appropriate for this purpose one third [part] of the next&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 24            annual income arising from the profits of their mercantile&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 25            concern for the term of three years &amp;amp; one fourth part of&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 26            said income under certain limitations there after; &amp;amp; have&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 27            moreover bound themselves in a written covenant that the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 28            said appropriation shall during the first four years&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 29            amount at least to the sum of four thousand dollars_&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Lane_009)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 1              Your Petitioners therefore pray your Honorable [unclear] to&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 2              incorporate them a body politic by Enacting the annexed&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 3              bill into a law of the State of Ohio_ And Your Petitioners&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 4              as in duty bound will ever pray_&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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Sara Smith, Transcriber</text>
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