Lyman Beecher's Resignation Letter
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Sara Smith, Transcriber
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1850's
Cincinnati, Ohio
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(Lane_117)
Line 1 To the Trustees of Lane Seminary
Line 2 Gentlemen
Line 3 It is now 18 years
Line 4 since my relation to Lane Seminary
Line 5 commenced & the advanced peri
Line 6 od of my life & the preservation
Line 7 of my own writings induce me to
Line 8 request that you will accept [?] my resigna
Line 9 tion burdened as the board the last years
Line 10 & release me wholly from this time
Line 11 from all cares & labours & [may] [from]
Line 12 [unclear] connected with the Semi
nary Institution
Line 14 Never theless my deep & absorb
Line 15 ing interest in the Seminary
Line 16 will not [cease] & all such vol
Line 17 untary uncommitted labours as
Line 18 I may be ^ able to render afford will be
Line 19 gladly rendered
Line 20 It would not therfore be impact
Line 21 ful to me to [retain] some such
(Lane_118)
Line 1 relation to the Seminary or may
Line 2 mend on my accep to [the] institution [that]
Line 3 [unclear] & prosper. Particularly
Line 4 my actions in Public [unclear]
Line 5 [unclear] of the institution & to [unclear]
Line 6 the [unclear] of students both east &
Line 7 west. May be rather augmented
Line 8 than [unclear] & [unclear]
Line 9 [ny]. Some of my [lectures]
Line 10 The [unclear] I may be able to [unclear]
Line 11 [en] a ^ select course annually to the
Line 12 students which may [unclear] interfere
Line 13 with the regular courses lectures. & may
Line 14 add some interest to the institution
Line 15 I have been requested to remain
Line 16 here this summer & supply the
Line 17 Pulpit. & attend to the concerns
Line 18 of the institution which it would
Line 19 give me pleasure to do_
Line 20 and the state of my health permit
(Lane_119)
Line 1 But my protracted labours [now]
Line 2 [unclear] relaxation & journeying indis
Line 3 pensable. & the more urgent
Line 4 interests of the Seminary in my ap
Line 5 prehension call upon me to visit
Line 6 the influential [persons] & churches
Line 7 & [unclear] institutions of the
Line 8 West & North to secure their coop
Line 9 eration & patronage Such
Line 10 Such an effort was resolved upon
Line 11 the last year & prevented by the
Line 12 [Cholery]. & in such an effort
Line 13 I am now urged by students &
Line 14 persons from the west. & for
Line 15 it I am prepared. If it meets your
Line 16 approbation & some [unclear] of the
Line 17 [unclear] and can be afforded
Line 18 I am respectfully & affection
Line 19 ately yours
Line 20 Lyman Beecher
Line 21 Lane Seminary June 11. 1850
(Lane_120)
Written Vertically:
Line 1 To the Trustees of
Line 2 Lane Seminary
Line 3 Dr. Beecher’s
Line 4 Resignation