Rice, Luther, 1783-1836. Letter, 1831 Jan. 21, Washington, Ga. to Sarah J. Myers, Hamburg, S.C. / from Luther Rice. - View Resource (original) (raw)
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Rice, Luther, 1783-1836. Letter, 1831 Jan. 21, Washington, Ga. to Sarah J. Myers, Hamburg, S.C. / from Luther Rice.
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Letter, 1831 Jan. 21, Washington, Ga. to Sarah J. Myers, Hamburg, S.C. / from Luther Rice. 1831.
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The letter is a proposal of marriage. It is accompanied by an introduction by Ronald F. Deering describing the discovery of the letter.
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Luther Rice (1783-1836) is regarded as the founder of Columbian College, now The George Washington University. Rice was born in Nothborough Massachusetts in 1783 and died in Edgefield district, South Carolina in 1836. He entered Williams College in 1807 and there developed a strong interest in foreign missions. He was ordained as a Congregational minister in Salem, Massachusetts in 1812. In 1813 and after a missionary journey to India, he went to Boston. Having difficulties with policy within th...