Ichabod Codding Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains biographical materials, manuscript sermons, speeches, and notes, correspondence received (1830-1866), publications, and reference materials of Ichabod Codding. Includes information on abolition, John Brown, Owen Lovejoy, Abraham Lincoln, and Republican politics in Illinois in the mid 19th century. Of particular interest is Codding's correspondence which includes letters from Owen Lovejoy, Salmon P. Chase, Francis Gillette, Charles Sumner, and William Cullen Bryant. There are also letters from R.G. Wells and A. Mahon on Williams College and Oberlin in 1835.
Dates
- Creation: 1830 - 1866
Creator
- Codding, Ichabod, 1810-1866 (Person)
- Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 (Contributor, Person)
- Gillette, Francis, 1807-1879 (Contributor, Person)
- Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 (Contributor, Person)
- Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 (Contributor, Person)
- Republican Party (Ill.) (Contributor, Organization)
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research.
Copyright and Rights Information
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Biographical / Historical
Ichabod Codding (1810-1866), a Congregational minister, was active in the anti-slavery movement. He was born in New York, and attended Middlebury College. He moved to the Midwest in 1842 and was involved in politics in Illinois.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language
English
Overview
Ichabod Codding, a Congregational minister, was active in the anti-slavery movement. He was born in New York, and attended Middlebury College. He moved to the Midwest in 1842, and was involved in politics in Illinois. The collection contains biographical materials, manuscript sermons, speeches, and notes, correspondence received (1830-1866), publications, and reference materials of Ichabod Codding. Includes information on abolition, John Brown, Owen Lovejoy, Abraham Lincoln, and Republican politics in Illinois in the mid 19th century.
Arrangement
This collection is divided into six series:
- Biographical material
- Manuscripts
- Printed material by Ichabod Codding
- Printed material about Ichabod Codding's writings
- Correspondence
- Reference Material
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Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Mary Preston Codding Bourland
Date: 1939
Processing Information
Papers sorted and filed in document boxes and placed in Record Group 5
Subject
- Codding, Ichabod, 1810-1866 (Person)
- Brown, John, 1800-1859 (Person)
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (Person)
- Lovejoy, Owen, 1811-1864 (Person)
- Title
- An Inventory of the Ichabod Codding Papers, 1830-1866
- Author
- Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff
- Date
- 1970
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
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