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Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

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Title

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

Subject

Lane Theological Seminary; Abolitionism

Description

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.

Creator

Robert Boal

Source

Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Publisher

Unpublished

Date

1834-08-9 and 1834-08-20

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_051 - Lane_052 and Lane_057

Coverage

19th Century
1830's
Cincinnati, Ohio

Text Item Type Metadata

Text

(Lane_051)

 

Line 1              Lane Seminary Aug. 9 1834.__

Line 2              The Executive Committee met at the call of the President

Line 3              Present N. Wright Esq. & Rev James Gallagher, J.C. Tunis

Line 4              [unclear] D. Corwin  J. H. Groesbeck & R. Boal & Dr. James

Line 5              Warren a member of the Board & Rev [?] T. J. Biggs of the

Line 6              Faculty.  Meeting opened with Prayer.  The President informed

Line 7              the Committee that the object of the meeting was to consider [unclear]

Line 8              [unclear] the proceedings of the students in relation to the sub

Line 9              -ject of abolition Slavery [unclear] [motion] the Secretary of the Faculty

Line 10            who was present was requested to read the records of the

Line 11            Faculty touching this subject which was done_ [unclear]

Line 12            [Motion] Messers Wright, Tunis & Corwin_  [was] appointed a

Line 13            Committee to Consider this Subject and [unclear] [unclear]

Line 14            report what steps should be taken in relation [therefore]

Line 15            documents to be adopted & published As the Executive Committee

Line 16            [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] to the [next] meeting_

Line 17            adjourned [?] until Saturday next at 3 O clke at the

Line 18            home of J.C. Tunis _

Line 19                        Closed with Prayer_

Line 20                                                            Robert Boal R. Sec

 

(Lane_052)

 

Line 1              [Exe. Comm.] met at the home of J. C. Tunis

Line 2              Aug 16. 1834 [pursuant] to [adjournment]. ____

Line 3              Present N. Wright Esq. Rev James Gallagher Asa

Line 4              Mahan. A Moore J.C. Tunis. J. H. Groesbeck

Line 5              D. Corwin & R Boal.  Meeting opened with prayer

Line 6              The Committee to whom was [refered]_ the Subject of

Line 7              the proceeding of the Students in relation to abolition

Line 8                          [unclear] imparts_                               Slavery_

Line 9              reported ^ which was read and considered at some

Line 10            length & [recommitted] to the [Lane] Committee

Line 11            to Complete the [unclear] [?] report ^ at next Meeting

Line 12            Adjourned until Wednesday next at [4]

Line 13            O clke. P.M. __ Closed with Prayer

Line 14                                                            Robert Boal R.S.

 

(Lane_057)

 

Line 1                          Executive ^ Committee [met] at the home of J.C. Tunis

Line 2              Aug. 20. 1834. Pursuant to adjournment._

Line 3              Present. N. Wright Esq. J. Gallagher. A Moore

Line 4              J.H. Groesbeck.  J.C. Tunis D. Corwin & R Boal

Line 5              Meeting opened with prayer_

Line 6                          The committee on the subject of Slavery as connected

Line 7              with the Seminary [?] made a written report

Line 8              which was read and considered [at] some length

Line 9              and the motion ^ was accepted and [unclear] adopted and

Line 10            [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] is as follows [?]_

Line 11            And the motion the for Resolution Connected there

Line 12            -with was adopted, [read] order [?] That the report

Line 13            and accompanying Resolution be published in the

Line 14            Newspapers of the city

Line 15            Cincinnati Journal & Cincinnati Gazette_

Line 16            under the direction of the President _

Line 17            The Motion the President was directed to [write]

Line 18            Mr Vail as soon as practicable informing ^ him [that]

Line 19            it is the opinion of the Exec. Committee that [unclear]

Line 20            [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear]

Line 21            [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear]

Line 22            a Teacher in the Seminary [unclear] __

Line 23            adjourned [?] untill Saturday afternoon at 4

Line 24            O clke at this place __ Closed with Prayer

Line 25                                                            Robert Boal R.S.

 

Original Format

Letter

Collection

The Issue of Slavery

Tags

abolition, beecher, biggs, committee, lyman beecher, slavery, students

Other Media

Mtg minutes files.pdf - application/pdf

Citation

Robert Boal, “Executive Committee Meeting Minutes,” A Cause for Freedom, accessed October 20, 2026, https://woosterdigital.org/causeforfreedom/items/show/15.

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