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Lord, Nathan, 1792-1870

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1792 - 1870

Biography

Nathan Lord (born November 28, 1792, Berwick, Maine [U.S.] – died September 9, 1870, Hanover, New Hampshire [U.S.]), graduated from Bowdoin College in 1809, attended Andover Theological Seminary and was a U.S. Congregational clergyman and educator. Lord served as the College’s sixth president (1828-1863).

Lord was able to bring the college out of debt, improve the overall curriculum, and raise admission levels. He was a founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and in 1833 was its Vice President. But his views on slavery changed dramatically; he came to see it as "not a moral evil", but "an ordinance of...God", which "providentially found a settlement in this country". These views and his opposition to the Civil War, which he blamed on abolitionists, brought a storm of controversy, earning him the enmity of several members of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees, including Amos Tuck (1835), a founding member of the Republican Party and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Matters came to a head in 1863 when the Trustees were deadlocked on awarding an honorary degree to President Lincoln, and Lord broke the tie by voting against it. The Trustees issued a statement: "Neither the trustees nor the Faculty coincide with the president of the College in the views which he has published, touching slavery and the war; and it has been our hope that the College would not be judged a partisan institution by reason of such publications." Lord tendered his resignation. He continued as an active member of the Dartmouth College community, in Hanover, New Hampshire, until his death in 1870.

Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:

Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 842312.1
Mss 842312.1
Date(s): 1842-05-12
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 843576
Mss 843576
Date(s): 1843-10-26
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 844404
Mss 844404
Date(s): 1844-07-04
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 844579
Mss 844579
Date(s): 1844-10-29
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 847674
Mss 847674
Date(s): 1847-12-24
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 848270
Mss 848270
Date(s): 1848-04-20
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 848275
Mss 848275
Date(s): 1848-04-25
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 848408
Mss 848408
Date(s): 1848-07-08
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 828563
Mss 828563
Date(s): 1828-10-13
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 828567
Mss 828567
Date(s): 1828-10-17
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 828574.1
Mss 828574.1
Date(s): 1828-10-24
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 828551
Mss 828551
Date(s): 1828-10-01
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 831261
Mss 831261
Date(s): 1831-04-11
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 831280
Mss 831280
Date(s): 1831-04-30
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 831359
Mss 831359
Date(s): 1831-06-09
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 831567
Webster Mss 831567
Date(s): 1831-10-17
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 831469
Mss 831469
Date(s): 1831-08-19
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 832103
Mss 832103
Date(s): 1832-01-03
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 833376
Mss 833376
Date(s): 1833-06-26
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Nathan Lord letter

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Identifier: Mss 847568
Mss 847568
Date(s): 1847-10-18
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In English.

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