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Petition for Coffee

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Title

Petition for Coffee

Subject

Lane Theological Seminary; Students -- Social life and Customs

Description

A petition created by a group of students requesting coffee be provided at breakfast without increased cost.

Creator

Various students of the seminary

Source

Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Publisher

Unpublished

Date

1833-03-04

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_124 - Lane_125

Coverage

19th Century
1830's
Cincinnati, Ohio

Text Item Type Metadata

Text

(Lane_124)

 

Line 1              Lane Seminary ohio March 4th. 1833

 

Line 2              To the board of trustees of Lane Seminary

 

Line 3              Gentlemen

Line 4                                      We the undersigned students

Line 5              respectfully request that the stuard be in-

Line 6              structed to furnish our breakfast table

Line 7              with coffee provided it can be without increase-

Line 8              ing the price of boarding.

Line 9                          Names                                     Names

Line 10            1  J.J. Randale                         13  J. Carr

Line 11            2  A.H. Davidson                    14  A.J. Randale

Line 12            3  Barton Lee                           15  Jeremiah [unclear]

Line 13            4  James Morrison                  16  Sam. C. Masters

Line 14            5  D. Jeffers                            17  J [unclear]

Line 15            6  H. Cherry                            18  Wm. Gibson

Line 16            7  J. Fiters                               19  G. Kennedy.

Line 17            8  D.C. Ewing

Line 18            9  B.F. Arnold

Line 19            10 G.G. Porter

Line 20            11 J. Porter

Line 21            12 C.W. McPheeters

 

(Lane_125)

 

Line 1                                                              Petition for Coffee

Line 2                                                                          4th March. 1833

Line 3              To the President of the

Line 4              board of trustees of the

Line 5              Cincinnati Lane Seminary

Line 6                                                  Ohio

 

 

Original Format

Letter

Collection

Life at Lane Seminary

Tags

committee, lane seminary, lane theological seminary, petition, seminary, students

Other Media

For coffee files.pdf - application/pdf

Citation

Various students of the seminary, “Petition for Coffee,” A Cause for Freedom, accessed October 20, 2026, https://woosterdigital.org/causeforfreedom/items/show/5.

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