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Grosvenor, Cyrus Pitt, 1792-1879

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1792 - 1879

Biography

Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor (October 18, 1792 – February 11, 1879) was an American Baptist minister known for his anti-slavery views. He founded the abolitionist American Baptist Free Mission Society, which did not allow slaveowners to be missionaries, and refused their contributions, prefiguring the split in the Baptist Church in America into Southern and Northern associations. He helped found and served as the first president of New York Central College, the first college in the United States to admit both women and Blacks on an equal basis from its first day, and the first college to employ Black professors. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1818.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Asa Lyon letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 818101
Mss 818101
Date(s): 1818-01-01
Abstract

In English.

Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 867329.2
Mss 867329.2
Date(s): 1867-05-29
Scope and Contents

Two-page letter from Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor in McGrawville, New York to Asa Dodge Smith, asking for a triennial catalogue and addresses of his surviving classmates. Enclosure filed under Mss 818101 (?)

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