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Signatures Requesting Dismission

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Title

Signatures Requesting Dismission

Subject

Lane Theological Seminary; Activism, Student; Protest Movements

Description

This is a statement signed by 30 students who requested to be dismissed from the seminary.

Creator

Multiple students from the seminary

Source

Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Publisher

Unpublished

Date

1834-10-15 & 16

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_025 - Lane_026

Coverage

19th Century
1830's
Cincinnati, Ohio

Text Item Type Metadata

Text

(Lane_025)

 

Line 1              The undersigned respectfully request that you

Line 2              will grant them a regular dismission from

Line 3              this institution              Lane Seminary  15th. Oct 1834

Line 4                                                              H. Lyman x.

Line 5                                                              Abraham Neely x.

Line 6                                                              James Steele. x

Line 7                                                              RL Stanton     x.

Line 8                                                              Joseph H. Payne x

Line 9                                                              A. Benton        x

Line 10                                                            Isaac Griffith  x

Line 11                                                            Deodat Jeffers x

Line 12                                                            Giles [Warde]  x

Line 13                                                            Charles [unclear] x

Line 14            Henry [P.] [Thomson]            Alexander [McKellar] x.

Line 15                                                            Aaron M. Himrod .x

Line 16                                                            John A Tiffany

Line 17                                                            Henry B. Stanton x.

Line 18                                                            Amasu Frissell x

Line 19                                                            William W. Caldwell . x

Line 20                                                            A. Dresser x

Line 21                                                            Courtland Avery  x  .

Line 22                                                            Sereno W. Streeter x .

Line 23                                                            John F. Pierce x .

Line 24                                                            [unclear]

Line 25                                                            Russell J. Judd  x

Line 26                                                           

Line 27                                                            James    Bradley x

Line 28                                                            Josiah J Ward  x

Line 29                                                            G [?] Clark x  

Line 30                                                            Charles P. Bush x

Line 31                                                                 H Wilson,      x

Line 32                                                            Augustus Hopkins

 

(Lane_026)

 

Written vertically:

 

Line 1              30 Requests for

Line 2              dismissions __

Line 3              Oct 15 & 16. 1834     

Line 4              [unclear] [unclear] [unclear].

Original Format

Letter

Collection

The Lane Rebels Dismissions

Tags

abolition, bradley, dismissions, henry stanton, james bradley, lane rebels, lane seminary, lane theological seminary, letter, seminary, stanton, students

Other Media

Signatures files.pdf - application/pdf

Citation

Multiple students from the seminary, “Signatures Requesting Dismission,” A Cause for Freedom, accessed October 20, 2026, https://woosterdigital.org/causeforfreedom/items/show/18.

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