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Theodore Dwight Weld's Letter of Dismission

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Title

Theodore Dwight Weld's Letter of Dismission

Subject

Lane Theological Seminary; Activism, Student; Abolitionism; Protest Movements

Description

Weld's request for dismission from the seminary.

Creator

Theodore Dwight Weld

Source

Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Publisher

Unpublished

Date

1835-10-17

Contributor

Maddie Smith, Transcriber
Sara Smith, Transcriber

Rights

No Copyright

Relation

Part of the Lane Theological Seminary Records at the Presbyterian Historical Society

Format

PDF

Language

eng

Type

Text

Identifier

Lane_027

Coverage

19th Century
1830's
Cincinnati, Ohio

Text Item Type Metadata

Text

(Lane_027)

 

Line 1              To the Faculty of Lane Seminary

Line 2                          Gentlemen.

Line 3                                      I hereby request a regular

Line 4              dismission from the Lane Seminary

Line 5                                                  Very Respectfully

Line 6                                      Yours, Theodore D. Weld

Line 7                          Lane Sem_ Oct. 17. 1835

 

(Lane_028 is the backside of the letter)

Original Format

Letter

Collection

The Lane Rebels Dismissions

Tags

abolition, dismissions, lane debates, lane rebels, lane seminary, lane theological seminary, letter, seminary, slavery, students, theodore dwight weld, theodore weld, weld

Other Media

Weld letter files.pdf - application/pdf

Citation

Theodore Dwight Weld, “Theodore Dwight Weld's Letter of Dismission,” A Cause for Freedom, accessed October 20, 2026, https://woosterdigital.org/causeforfreedom/items/show/3.

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