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