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1830's &#13;
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                <text>Most of these documents are committee minutes recommending to eliminate and finally eliminating all student societies at the seminary. A letter by Professor Biggs criticizes the abolitionist students.</text>
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            <text>&lt;p&gt;(Lane_051)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 1              Lane Seminary Aug. 9 1834.__&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 2              The Executive Committee met at the call of the President&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 3              Present N. Wright Esq. &amp;amp; Rev James Gallagher, J.C. Tunis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 4              [unclear] D. Corwin  J. H. Groesbeck &amp;amp; R. Boal &amp;amp; Dr. James&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 5              Warren a member of the Board &amp;amp; Rev [?] T. J. Biggs of the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 6              Faculty.  Meeting opened with Prayer.  The President informed&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 7              the Committee that the object of the meeting was to consider [unclear]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 8              [unclear] the proceedings of the students in relation to the sub&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 9              -ject of &lt;span style="text-decoration:line-through;"&gt;abolition&lt;/span&gt; Slavery [unclear] [motion] the Secretary of the Faculty&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 10            who was present was requested to read the records of the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 11            Faculty touching this subject which was done_ [unclear]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 12            [Motion] Messers Wright, Tunis &amp;amp; Corwin&lt;b&gt;_&lt;/b&gt;  [was] appointed a&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 13            Committee to Consider this Subject and [unclear] [unclear]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 14            report what steps should be taken in relation [therefore]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 15            &lt;span style="text-decoration:line-through;"&gt;documents to be adopted &amp;amp; published&lt;/span&gt; As the Executive Committee&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 16            [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] to the [next] meeting_&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 17            adjourned [?] until Saturday next at 3 O clke at the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 18            home of J.C. Tunis &lt;b&gt;_&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 19                        Closed with Prayer&lt;b&gt;_&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 20                                                            &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Robert&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Boal&lt;/span&gt; R. Sec&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 1              [Exe. Comm.] met at the home of J. C. Tunis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 2              Aug 16. 1834 [pursuant] to [adjournment]. &lt;b&gt;____&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 3              Present N. Wright Esq. Rev James Gallagher Asa&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 4              Mahan. A Moore J.C. Tunis. J. H. Groesbeck&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 5              D. Corwin &amp;amp; R Boal.  Meeting opened with prayer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 6              The Committee to whom was [refered]_ the Subject of&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 7              the proceeding of the Students in relation to &lt;span style="text-decoration:line-through;"&gt;abolition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 8                          [unclear] imparts_                               Slavery_&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 9              reported ^ which was read and considered at some&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 10            length &amp;amp; [recommitted] to the [Lane] Committee&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 11            to Complete the [unclear] [?] report ^ at next Meeting&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 12            Adjourned until Wednesday next at [4]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 13            O clke. P.M. __ Closed with Prayer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 14                                                            &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Robert&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Boal&lt;/span&gt; R.S.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Line 1                          Executive ^ Committee [met] at the home of J.C. Tunis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 2              Aug. 20. 1834. Pursuant to adjournment._&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 3              Present. N. Wright Esq. J. Gallagher. A Moore&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 4              J.H. Groesbeck.  J.C. Tunis D. Corwin &amp;amp; R Boal&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 5              Meeting opened with prayer_&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 6                          The committee on the subject of Slavery as connected&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 7              with the Seminary [?] made a written report&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 8              which was read and considered [at] some length&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 9              and the motion ^ was accepted and [unclear] adopted and&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 10            [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] is as follows [?]_&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 11            And the motion the &lt;span style="text-decoration:line-through;"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; Resolution Connected there&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 12            -with was adopted, [read] order [?] That the report&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 13            and accompanying Resolution be published in the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 14            Newspapers of the city&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 15            &lt;span style="text-decoration:line-through;"&gt;Cincinnati Journal &amp;amp; Cincinnati Gazette_&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 16            under the direction of the President &lt;b&gt;_&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 17            The Motion the President was directed to [write]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 18            Mr Vail as soon as practicable informing ^ him [that]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 19            it is the opinion of the Exec. Committee that [unclear]&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Line 22            a Teacher in the Seminary [unclear] &lt;b&gt;__&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 23            adjourned [?] untill Saturday afternoon at 4&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 24            O clke at this place &lt;b&gt;__&lt;/b&gt; Closed with Prayer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 25                                                            Robert Boal R.S.&lt;/p&gt;
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Sara Smith, Transcriber</text>
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              <text>President Beecher called a meeting to consider the proceedings of the students in relation to the subject of slavery. It was adopted that the subsequent report be published in the Cincinnati newspapers.</text>
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