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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05508.040 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality |
| Title | Jonathan Blanchard to Homer H. Stuart discussing Christianity |
| Date | 10 February 1846 |
| Author | Blanchard, Jonathan (1811-1892) |
| Recipient | Stuart, Homer H. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Blanchard discusses living the Christian life. He focuses on how worldly suffering brings you closer to salvation, because it is partaking in Christ's suffering. Last page of a longer letter. |
| Subjects | Religion Christianity Reform Movement Abolition Education |
| People | Blanchard, Jonathan (1811-1892) Stuart, Homer H. (fl. 1846-1869) |
| Place written | Galesburg, Illinois |
| Theme | Religion; Education; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Blanchard was a pastor, educator, publisher and staunch abolitionist. He was founder and first president of Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois (1860). Blanchard was also a close friend of Harriett Beecher Stowe and her brother, Henry Ward Beecher, both staunch abolitionists. Stuart was a New York lawyer. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |