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                <text>The Founding of Lane Seminary</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_100)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 1                                                  New York  March 30&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 1832&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 2              My dear Brother Vail&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 3                                                       You seem to have more&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 4              important business than to answer my&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 5              [unclear] and [unclear] letters I suppose.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 6                   Dr Beecher is now here with his daughter&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 7              on their way to Cincinnati.  The dr says the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 8              only reason that prevented him from going&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 9              one year ago is now entirely removed. But&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 10            other important reasons have arisen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 11            The question with him is twofold_ 1.t Which&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 12            is the most important [unclear] for him to occupy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 13            2d Whether his health and vigor will be&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 14            sufficient to carry him through the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 15            [unclear] of a new enterprise.  He will I think&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Lane_101)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 1              need all the encouragements which you can&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line2               possibly give him to brace him up to the [shock].&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 3                   Mr. [Frenny] of [bonville] met him here this&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 4              morning, and had a talk about the west.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 5              Edward Beecher is also here raising money.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 6              I hope you will write me &lt;span style="text-decoration:line-through;"&gt;on&lt;/span&gt; soon and&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 7              let me know whether you are coming&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 8              on.  I think you must come, for you are&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 9              the only man who can make the thing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 10            [unclear] as it ought.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 11            Lewis Tappan and others have just rented&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 12            the Chatham Theatre for Mr. Finney.  They&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 13            expect to remain here permanently.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 14                Remember me very affectionately to Mrs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 15            V. and all the folks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 16                                    Your aff. Chri. Br. O Eastman&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Lane_102)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 1              P.S.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 2                    I think I was to pay 50$ the first and 25$ ^ [unclear] on&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 3              the scholarship with Mr. Root, and after that 37 [unclear]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 4              per annum.  You can draw on me when you please for&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 5              the $62.50.  making the 2d and 3d payment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 6              &lt;span style="text-decoration:line-through;"&gt;                                                &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 7              [from] at 3 or 5 days [light] ___&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Lane_103)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 1                                      Rev. O. Eastman&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 2                                      March 30&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 3                                      &lt;span style="text-decoration:line-through;"&gt;April&lt;/span&gt;    1832&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 4                                      Rev. F.Y. Vail&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 5                                                  Cincinnati&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Line 6                                      Dr. Beecher         Ohio&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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              <text>In this letter, Eastman tells Vail that Beecher is on his way to Cincinnati with his daughter. Eastman notes that Lewis Tappan  has rented a New York theatre for Charles Grandison Finney. </text>
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Sara Smith, Transcriber </text>
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