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                <text>The Founding of Lane Seminary</text>
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                <text>Lane Theological Seminary; Presbyterian Theological Seminaries; College Presidents</text>
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                <text>Part of the Lane Theological Seminary Records at the Presbyterian Historical Society</text>
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                <text>19th Century&#13;
1830's&#13;
Cincinnati, Ohio</text>
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                <text>Some of these documents are letters detailing Lyman Beecher's acceptance as president of the seminary. Other documents spell out the charter to incorporate the seminary. A Cincinnati newspaper article tells of the establishment of Lane Seminary. </text>
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            <text>&lt;p&gt;(Lane_039)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 1              Columbus  Apl 22&lt;sup&gt;d &lt;/sup&gt;__&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 2              Dear Sir&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line3                                       I [read] your letter a week last&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 4              Saturday &amp;amp; as I could do nothing untill&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 5              Monday, put it in my pocket &amp;amp; [though]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 6              as the Irishman said: tis I that says it_&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 7              yet I must confess I utterly forgot the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 8              whole matter untill yesterday when&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 9              your name was accidentally [mentioned] &amp;amp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 10            instantly your neglected message occurred&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 11            to my mind_ I hope you will accept&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 12            this apology, [course] as it is, with the [position]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 13            [assurances] that if you send to me&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 14            again I will not be so negligent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 15                        I need not say it [unclear] give me&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 16            great pleasure to visit you in Cincinn.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 17            &lt;span style="text-decoration:line-through;"&gt;Should&lt;/span&gt; If it should ever be possible.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 18            &amp;amp; equal pleasure to see yourself and&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 19            Mrs. Stowe at my house should you&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 20            ever visit this Region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 21                                                Yours&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 22                                                            Truly, Wm. Penn&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 23            An act to amend an act entitled&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 24            an act to incorporate the Lane Seminary&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 25            in the County of Hamilton&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 26                   Section 1 Be it enacted by this&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 27            General Assembly of the State of Ohio&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Lane_40)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 1              That the Board of Trustees of the Lane&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 2              Seminary shall consist of any number&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 3              not less than thirteen nor more than&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 4              twenty five &amp;amp; [of] from any cause the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 5              number shall be reduced [unclear] below&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 6              thirteen the remaining number shall&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 7              be a competent board for the purpose of&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 8              filling vacancies to make up the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 9              number of thirteen &amp;amp; from &amp;amp; after the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 10            next election of officers the Executive&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 11            Committee of Lane Seminary shall&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 12            consist only of the President the three&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 13            Vice Presidents the Treasurer the Recording&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 14            Secretary and the Corresponding Secretary&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 15            who shall hold their Offices untill&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 16            their successors are Elected, and the annual&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 17            meeting of the board of trustees for the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 18            election of Officers shall be held on&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 19            [the] 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; Wednesday of June annually&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 20            instead of the last Wednesday of&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 21            October&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 22                                                C. Anthony Speaker of the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 23                                                House of Representatives&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 24            [Jany] 11&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 1832&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 25                                                George I. Smith Speaker&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 26                                                            of the Senate&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Written vertically)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 27            Amendment of&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 28            the &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Charter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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1832-01-11</text>
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              <text>This document contains two letters. The first letter is an apology for not taking quicker action regarding this request to amend the charter. The second letter is an amendment to the Lane Seminary Charter. It spells out the makeup of the board of the trustees and revises their meeting date.</text>
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              <text>C. Anthony, George Smith, William Penn</text>
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1830's&#13;
Cincinnati, Ohio</text>
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Sara Smith, Transcriber</text>
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