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 130 Collections and/or Records:
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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.
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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.
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Four-page letter from Nathan Lord to the Dartmouth College Trustees in which he resigns from the presidency of Dartmouth College.
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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)
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Three-page letter from Nathan Lord in Hanover, New Hampshire to Mr. Haines, thanking him for supporting his cause and mentions his resignation.
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Four-page letter from Nathan Lord in Hanover, New Hampshire to Nathaniel Bouton, confirming correction of the date of his resignation. P.S. about having sent a copy of his article on abolition to Bouton.
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Three-page letter from Nathan Lord in Hanover to Julia Marie (Kilham) Lord, telling him 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.
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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.
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Letter from Nathan Lord in Hanover to H.D. Hopkins, thanking him for the kindness done to him and his family.
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Letter from Nathan Lord in Hanover to the Trustees of Dartmouth College, describing Moor's Indian Charity School.