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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 130 Collections and/or Records:

Oliver Payson Hubbard letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 836214.1
Mss 836214.1
Date(s): 1836-03-14
Abstract

In English.

Oliver Payson Hubbard letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 836158
Mss 836158
Date(s): 1836-02-08
Abstract

In English.

Oliver Payson Hubbard letter extract

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 836374
Mss 836374
Date(s): 1836-06-24
Abstract

In English.

Peter Paul Osunkhirhine letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 829502
Mss 829502
Date(s): 1829-09-02
Abstract

In English.

Peter Paul Osunkhirne letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 831256
Mss 831256
Date(s): 1831-04-06
Abstract

In English.

Samuel Hubbard letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 832412.1
Mss 832412.1
Date(s): 1832-07-12
Abstract

In English.

William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 831629
Mss 831629
Date(s): 1831-11-29
Abstract

In English.

William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 853321
Mss 853321
Date(s): 1853-05-21
Scope and Contents

Four-page letter from William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth in London, England to Nathan Lord, in which Lord Dartmouth thanks President Lord for his gift of the works of Daniel Webster, delivered by Mr. Young.

William Legge Dartmouth letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 830506
Mss 830506
Date(s): 1830-09-06
Abstract

In English.

Williams Urwick letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 833677
Mss 833677
Date(s): 1833-12-27
Abstract

In English.

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