Webb, Lindley Murray

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: RG-1138

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1849-1932

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and copyright holder. Staff may refuse copying of fragile or at-risk materials.

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Biographical / Historical

Attorney. Employee for Portland City government; legal advisor between Maine Freewill and Regular Baptists in 1911.

Extent

02 Linear Feet (450 items)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Bibliography

Stub entry from A Guide to Manuscript Collections in the American Baptist Historical Society, compiled by William H. Brackney and Susan M. Eltscher (Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and Rochester, New York, 1986).

File Plan

Correspondence 1897-1905; Correspondence 1906-1908; Correspondence 1909-1910; Correspondence 1911; Correspondence 1912; Correspondence 1913; Correspondence 1915-1916; Correspondence 1917-1930

General

Lawyer from Portland, Maine

Appears to have served as legal counsel to the General Conference of the Free (General) Baptists

Also appears to have served as the President of the Conference in the early 1900's.

Worked extensively on real estate that was gifted to the Conference or related entities like Hillsdale College, Bates Colleges, Keuka College, Storer College.

Answered questions regarding the authority of the Conference Board to sign warranty deeds, and church closings regarding disposal of property.

There is correspondence regarding the merger of the Free (General Baptist) with the Northern Baptist in 1911.