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 132 Collections and/or Records:

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 851454

Mss 851454

Date(s): 1851-08-04

Abstract

In English.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 854276.1

Mss 854276.1

Date(s): 1854-04-26

Content Description

Letter 1854 April 26, Dartmouth College Lord, Nathan 1792-1870 Letter enclosing autographs ( not included) of Dartmouth College Presidents Dana and Tyler and the requested catalogs. He also notes that Dr. William Allen of Northampton, MA., could furnish the autographs of the Wheelocks.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 856301

Mss 856301

Date(s): 1856-05-01

Scope and Contents

Letter from Nathan Lord at Dartmouth College to William Allen, telling him Mr. Aldrich thinks they should pay in corn, hereafter. Writer is sending $197.86, balance to Jan. 1, 1856.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 865900.2

Mss 865900.2

Date(s): 1865

Scope and Contents

Letter from Nathan Lord to Asa Dodge Smith, telling him that he will not refuse to aid Smith as requested although perhaps Smith should be the only speaker.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 866110.1

Mss 866110.1

Date(s): 1866-01-10

Scope and Contents

Four-page letter from Nathan Lord to the Amoskeag Veterans, declining an invitation to address the Association on the occasion of their anniversary, and explaining his reasons.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 866404

Mss 866404

Date(s): 1866-07-04

Scope and Contents

Letter from Nathan Lord in Hanover to President Smith, telling him that Mr. Blaisdell said he could be paid at Commencement. Amount should be drawn in behalf of his son William H. Lord.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 833376

Mss 833376

Date(s): 1833-06-26

Abstract

In English.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 834378

Mss 834378

Date(s): 1834-06-28

Abstract

In English.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 834461

Mss 834461

Date(s): 1834-08-11

Abstract

In English.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 834663

Mss 834663

Date(s): 1834-12-13

Abstract

In English.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 835278

Mss 835278

Date(s): 1835-04-28

Abstract

In English.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 836224

Mss 836224

Date(s): 1836-03-24

Abstract

In English.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 836258.1

Mss 836258.1

Date(s): 1836-04-08

Abstract

In English.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 836365

Mss 836365

Date(s): 1836-06-15

Scope and Contents

Four-page letter from Nathan Lord at Dartmouth College of Oliver Payson Hubbard, telling him that he is unable to secure quarters for Hubbard at Mr. Freeman's. He is sending a check for $500. There promises to be good medical and academic classes. Also asks what Hubbard wants done about the laboratory. Lord can not answer for the Trustees in regard to lecturing at other institutions.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 836619

Mss 836619

Date(s): 1836-11-19

Abstract

In English.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 863467

Mss 863467

Date(s): 1863-08-17

Scope and Contents

Three-page letter from Nathan Lord in Hanover, New Hampshire to Nathaniel Bouton, saying that he is sending papers pertaining to the meeting of the Trustees at Commencement.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 863451.1

Mss 863451.1

Date(s): 1863-08-01

Scope and Contents

Three-page letter from Nathan Lord in Hanover, New Hampshire to Mr. Haines, thanking him for supporting his cause and mentions his resignation.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 863460

Mss 863460

Date(s): 1863-08-10

Scope and Contents

Three-page letter from Nathan Lord in Hanover to Julia Marie (Kilham) Lord, telling her that he has need now to try to purge himself of alleged disloyalty, vindicate not only his patriotism, but his propriety and good taste. He is happy that his supposed disloyalty has brought him into a state of freedom.

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 864110.1

Mss 864110.1

Date(s): 1864-01-10

Scope and Contents

Four-page letter from Nathan Lord in Hanover to Henry Clark Lord and Nathan Lord, in which he explains how he received an annuity in Boston. (Photocopy)

Nathan Lord letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 864430

Mss 864430

Date(s): 1864-07-30

Scope and Contents

Letter from Nathan Lord in Hanover to H.D. Hopkins, thanking him for the kindness done to him and his family.