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Whitman, Seth Spencer

 Collection — Box: Multi-collection Box 19
Identifier: RG-1147

Scope and Contents

Fragment of an 1835 diary, kept by Whitman during a trip to Covington, Kentucky, to examine the proposed site of the first (Baptist) theological seminary in the West; copies of two letters to Jonathan Going.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1835

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 Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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

Baptist minister and educator. Pastor i Illinois and Wisconsin; Professor, Hamilton Literary and Theological Insittute.

Extent

1 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

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).
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the American Baptist Historical Society Repository

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