Petition Against Coffee
Dublin Core
Title
Petition Against Coffee
Subject
Lane Theological Seminary; Students -- Social life and Customs
Description
A Student group is concerned about the cost of coffee and request separate tables be provided in order to keep the expense properly allocated for those who do not want coffee.
Creator
Various students of the seminary
Source
Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1833-3-04
Contributor
Maddie Smith, Transcriber
Sara Smith, Transcriber
Sara Smith, Transcriber
Rights
Relation
Part of the Lane Theological Seminary Records at the Presbyterian Historical Society
Format
PDF
Language
eng
Type
Text
Identifier
Lane_126 - Lane_127
Coverage
19th Century
1830's
Cincinnati, Ohio
1830's
Cincinnati, Ohio
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
(Lane_126)
Line 1 Lane Seminary
Line 2 Gentlemen Trustees
Line 3 The undersigned students of Lane
Line 4 Seminary believing that the introduction of coffee
Line 5 will be an unnecessary expense & knowing from experience
Line 6 that its use does not contribute to our health or comfort
Line 7 therefore pray to be exempted from any part of the expense which
Line 8 will be incurred by its introduction. Wishing to have
Line 9 no part nor cost in this matter. We also request that if it be pro
Line 10 vided there be separate tables & that the students of each
Line 11 pay their respective expenses.
Line 12 T. L. Bancroft S W. Streeter
Line 13 Bell R. S. Stanton
Line 14 J. Boothe [S. H.] [Thompson]
Line 15 E. A. Burr [J. J.] Ward
Line 16 W. T. Chamberlain [C. Materbiny]
Line 17 E. B. Chamberlain E. Weed
Line 18 A Duncan J. Boale
Line 19 [J. Erants] [?]. Wilson
Line 20 C. F. Gooding J. D. Gould
Line 21 Griffith
Line 22 A. Hopkins J. W. Alvord
Line 23 B. Hitchcock W. T. Allen
Line 24 D. Ingraham R. [Shane]
Line 25 Kimball J. [unclear]
Line 26 J. Mattison
Line 27 Mattison
Line 28 J. H. Payne
Line 29 M. R. Robinson
Line 30 J. Steele
(Lane_127)
Line 1 Petition against Coffee
Line 2 4th March. 1833
Line 1 Lane Seminary
Line 2 Gentlemen Trustees
Line 3 The undersigned students of Lane
Line 4 Seminary believing that the introduction of coffee
Line 5 will be an unnecessary expense & knowing from experience
Line 6 that its use does not contribute to our health or comfort
Line 7 therefore pray to be exempted from any part of the expense which
Line 8 will be incurred by its introduction. Wishing to have
Line 9 no part nor cost in this matter. We also request that if it be pro
Line 10 vided there be separate tables & that the students of each
Line 11 pay their respective expenses.
Line 12 T. L. Bancroft S W. Streeter
Line 13 Bell R. S. Stanton
Line 14 J. Boothe [S. H.] [Thompson]
Line 15 E. A. Burr [J. J.] Ward
Line 16 W. T. Chamberlain [C. Materbiny]
Line 17 E. B. Chamberlain E. Weed
Line 18 A Duncan J. Boale
Line 19 [J. Erants] [?]. Wilson
Line 20 C. F. Gooding J. D. Gould
Line 21 Griffith
Line 22 A. Hopkins J. W. Alvord
Line 23 B. Hitchcock W. T. Allen
Line 24 D. Ingraham R. [Shane]
Line 25 Kimball J. [unclear]
Line 26 J. Mattison
Line 27 Mattison
Line 28 J. H. Payne
Line 29 M. R. Robinson
Line 30 J. Steele
(Lane_127)
Line 1 Petition against Coffee
Line 2 4th March. 1833
Original Format
Letter
Collection
Other Media
Citation
Various students of the seminary, “Petition Against Coffee,” A Cause for Freedom, accessed October 20, 2026, https://woosterdigital.org/causeforfreedom/items/show/6.