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Hitchcock's Letter to the Faculty of Lane Seminary

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Title

Hitchcock's Letter to the Faculty of Lane Seminary

Subject

Lane Theological Seminary; Activism, Student; Protest Movements

Description

Hitchcock's letter to request a dismission from the seminary.

Creator

H.L. Hitchcock

Source

Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Publisher

Unpublished

Date

Unknown

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_036 - Lane_037

Coverage

19th Century
1830's
Cincinnati, Ohio

Text Item Type Metadata

Text

(Lane_036)

 

Line 1              To the Faculty of Lane Seminary

Line 2                                                              Gentlemen

Line 3                                                                          In accordance

Line 4              with my original plan, stated when I entered,

Line 5              I wish to leave the institution at the close of

Line 6              the [present] term_  The reasons for this course

Line 7              have been fully expressed in several conver-

Line 8              sations with different individuals of your

Line 9              number_ I deem it unnecessary to repeat

Line 10            them_ By this, I request a dismission from

Line 11            the Seminary with such statement of my

Line 12            qualifications for the ministry as you are

Line 13            pleased to give_

Line 14                                    Very Respectfully

Line 15                                                            H.L. Hitchcock

 

(Lane_037)

 

Line 1 Hitchcock’s letter

Line 2 To the Faculty of Lane Seminary

Line 3 Present -- 

Original Format

Letter

Collection

The Lane Rebels Dismissions

Tags

abolition, dismissions, hitchcock, letter, students

Other Media

Hitchcock files.pdf - application/pdf

Citation

H.L. Hitchcock, “Hitchcock's Letter to the Faculty of Lane Seminary,” A Cause for Freedom, accessed October 20, 2026, https://woosterdigital.org/causeforfreedom/items/show/14.

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