Letters of support and notes on fund-raising in 1834.

Description:	Parts of the document(s) on this page were not scanned due to the age and fragility of the paper. For assistance please contact the Robert T. Ramsay, Jr. Archival Center of Wabash College. Wabash Manual Labor College and Teachers Seminar.this infant institution has been in operation one year, the number of students has equalled the most sanguine expectation of its friends. There have been 41 students connected with it during the year that has just elapsed; their proficiency in study & their gentlemanly deportment have been a high source of gratification to their instructors; and their examination has exhibited to the Trustees satisfactory proof of their diligence & the fidelity of their teachers. It is due to both today that their declamations were not extracts, but with the exception of the Latin & Greek, were original, which considering the length of time in which their authors have been engaged in study, did them in the estimation of the audience much credit. the next session will commence the first Monday in November & it is very desirable that all who attend should begin with the session as it is great disadvantage both to students and teachers to commence in the middle of the term. It is expected that the present building will be completed before the commencement of the session & those who expect to be--[2]. Theological Seminary, Andover, June 17th. 1834.The undersigned have heard & seriously considered the statements made by the Rev. E.O. Hovey respecting the establishment of a Manual Labor College & Teachers Seminary at Crawfordsville in Indiana. They are satisfied that the object is highly important, & they commend it to the patronage of all who are willing to aid our brethren of the new settlements in the establishment of Seminaries for the education of the rising generation. Mr Hovey has for several years been well known to most of them; & they--[3]. The establishment of literary institutions, under good influence & management, in the Western States, is, unquestionably, of the highest importance; & to contribute to the establishment of such institutions is one of the most effectual methods of benefitting that important section of our country. the Wabash Manual labour College & Teachers Seminary; at Crawfordsville, Indiana, appears to us to be well located, & to be at pr[esent] under good management, & to promise, if well established, extensive usefulness. The Rev. Edmund O. Hovey, its agent for soliciting funds in the Eastern States, is a Presbyterian clergyman of good & regular standing in Indiana, whose statements may be relied on by the Christian community. Boston, June 14, 1834. B.B. Wisner, (by request) Wm Coggswell.[4]. During the summer of 1834 the agent E.O. Hovey prosecuted his labors in N.E. under very discouraging circumstances. Not from the want of interest in the people, but on account of the exceedingly embarrassed condition of the monetary affairs of the country. Another circumstance of the embarrassment was the great number of agents from the west for similar objects. From the visionary schemes of some, and the selfish and pecuniary speculations of others, some degree of distrust had been awakened in the publick mind. But the agent for this college was everywhere kindly received. He entered upon his actual agency for raising funds about the 20th of June 1834 and by the 1st of Nov. had secured in money, books and other valuable donations one thousand five hundred dollars.
Origin:	1834
Created By:	Hovey, Edmund O. (Edmund Otis), 1801-1877
Publisher:	Wabash College
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll36/id/74
Collection:	Wabash College - The Hovey Scrapbook
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Subjects:	Wabash College Finance

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