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Letter to Henrietta Seixas, 13 February 1836
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This item is reproduced by permission of The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
our own individual desires to
have it the same taken the liberty to thus tresspass upon your time
and patience and request the privilege of purchasing of you through Professor Seixas this
Lexicon. It
is unne cessary to wholly unnecessary for us to communicate or attempt
to the great worth this Lexicon would be to
this Institution in our present and future stud ies as yourself of the
fact and we only say that we hope that God may direct you by his Holy
Spirit to do right, and we trust the issue in his hands believing you
will call to mind the flood of reproach heaped upon us as a people.
The few advantages we profess in comparison with others institution
in consequence of the same and that all favors thus bestow ed
will be only appreciated and thankfully re membered.
4 June 1802–1874. Hebraist, textbook writer, teacher. Probably born at New York City. Son of Gershom Mendez Seixas and Hannah Manuel. Married Henrietta Raphael of Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia. Taught Hebrew at New York and Charlestown, Massachusetts. His...
View Full BioEducational program instituted by JS in Kirtland, Ohio, in January 1836 for the study of the Hebrew language. Class was usually held in the westernmost room in the third, or attic, story of the House of the Lord in Kirtland. Under the tutelage of Joshua Seixas...
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Your Obt. Servants.
Joseph Smith Junr.
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View Full BioOliver Cowdery
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View Full BioKirtland Ohio, Feb. 1836 A true copy from the original.
Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...
More InfoW[arren] F. Cowdery Rec. [p. 78]
JS, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, and Frederick G. Williams, letter, Kirtland, OH, to Henrietta Raphael Seixas, Hudson, OH; handwriting of Warren F. Cowdery; in Oliver Cowdery Letterbook, pp. 77–78; Huntington Library.
3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828...
View Full Bio19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...
View Full Bio28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...
View Full BioLocated ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...
More InfoSettled ca. 1800. Organized by 1802. Population in 1830 about 780. Included Hudson village; incorporated 1837. Western Reserve College chartered in township, 1826.
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