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Thomas Baldwin D.D. Letter to Rev. Luther Rice, 22 Nov 1819 [transcription]

Collection Summary

Title: Thomas Baldwin D.D. Letter to Rev. Luther Rice [transcription], 22 Nov 1819
Accession No: 0000-056
Extent: 1 item
Acquisition: Mrs. Luther Joe Thompson gave this item on July 22, 1963.
Location: Small Manuscripts Collection
Language: English
Description Typed transcription of a letter written by Thomas Baldwin D.D., pastor of the Second Baptist Church, Boston, to Rev. Luther Rice, November 22, 1819. Baldwin is responding to Luther's previous letter regarding the Triennial Convention's June meeting in N.Y. where Convention plans for making the Philadelphia seminary the official Convention seminary were discussed, mentions Dr. Furman; also Rice's [Latter Day] Luminary.
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