Portrait of Rev. William Chalmers Covert. Presbyterian minister, elder, and leader in the Presbyterian Church from 1888 till his death. Graduated from Hanover College in 1885.
Undated letter from James Blyther Crowe to John FInley Crowe over his daily life, correspondence, and work as a minister. James wrote about a woman who passed and whose dying wish was for him to preach her service and baptize...
Single page from the German book Der Heiligen Leben Passional by Jacobus de Voragine, printed by Koberger in Nuremberg in 1488. At the bottom of the page is a hand colored woodcut showing a saint being beheaded. A king lies on...
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This is a finding aid, which provides information about the contents of an archival collection. The presence of a finding aid on this website does not mean that items from the collection have been digitized or are available...
This work is a highly realistic, detailed portrait of a woman sitting on a sofa. It is in black and white. The woman is wearing a fur-trimmed cloak, and her arm rests on the right side of the sofa. The background is dark, but...
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Portrait of a young woman wearing a pink hat and dress. In ornate gilt frame. Plate on front reads "Tete De Femme Jean Honore Fragonard 1732-1806." Alternative title of the painting may have been "A Vestal Virgin."
Scope and Content: Family histories for the Muse, Core, and Anderson families, dated 1769-1957. Materials include correspondence between family members, letters to Grace Core over family lineage, newspaper articles, and...
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This is a finding aid, which provides information about the contents of an archival collection. The presence of a finding aid on this website does not mean that items from the collection have been digitized or are available...
Print by Francisco Goya called Duendecitos (Hobgoblins) from the series "Los Caprichos." Plate #49. Three goblins drinking in a jail cell. One has a very large hand. and Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Spanish artist.
A love letter from John Crowe to Esther Alexander. He discusses the nature of human beings as social creatures and the need to refine the faculties of our nature that we can improve to better ourselves and those around us. and...
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A letter to Esther Alexander from John Crowe over the death of Esther's mother. God's hand in death and his lack of pleasure in bestowing death are mentioned. Crowe also discusses the place of reason in regulating our passions....
Scope and Content: Petition to the United States Congress from George Shannon of Jefferson County, Indiana, dated November 1812. Shannon describes the threats and dangers of living on the frontier in the Indiana Territory,...
Letter to Esther Alexander from John Crowe over his commitment to his studies and balancing them with his desire to be with Esther. Crowe also mentions his commitment to God and Jesus. In his letter he compares the development...
A letter from John Finley Crowe to Esther Alexander over his travels, education, and well-being. Crowe mentions returning to Lexington from a trip to Virginia. As far as education, Crowe talks about finishing up his Bachelor of...
Crowe spends the letter parsing out the role of social roles in society and the norms that people ignore in the comfort of close friends. Additionally, Crowe talks about the pain he experiences apart from Esther. Along the same...
A damaged letter that misses the author and the recipient's name. It seems likely that it is a letter of recommendation for Crowe to continue his education at Princeton. There is a handwritten note not from the time period...
A letter of introduction for Esther Crowe when she transitioned from her church in Bellevue, Illinois to her church in Lexington, Kentucky. Written by church Elder Jesse Walker, 29 November 1813. and The Crowe Family Papers...
A letter written by John Finley Crowe, dated 9 May 1814, for Esther Alexander over his journey so far to Philadelphia. At the time of this letter Crowe stayed in Chillicothe Ohio in order to let himself and his horse...
A letter from John Finley Crowe, dated 15 may 1814, to his wife Esther Crowe over his journey to Philadelphia. Crowe talks about exchanging horses twice so that he can still journey onward. In the letter Crowe expresss the hope...
Letter From John Finley Crowe, dated 24 May 1814, to his wife Esther Alexander Crowe over his first few days in Philadelphia. One of the first places Crowe talks about visiting is a poor house which he claims is well taken care...
Letter from Esther Crowe, dated 29 May 1814, to her husband John Finley Crowe over her daily life and their correspondence. Esther spends much of the letter writing about how she impatiently waited for a letter from Crowe....
Letter from John Finley Crowe to Esther Alexander over his visit to Philadelphia. Crowe mentions in his letter his boarding conditions, the variety of religious sects in Philadelphia, and finally his relationship with Esther...
Letter from John Finley Crowe to Esther Alexander about his stay in Philadelphia. Crowe claims that he is sick of city life. Crowe laments at the formalities of society and the visible differences between classes of people....
Letter from John Finley Crowe to his wife Esther. He writes of a depression and melancholoy he has been feeling. He talks about the abdonment of religion in parts of the country. and The Crowe Family Papers Digitization project...
Letter from John Finley Crowe to Esther Alexander Crowe from his first frew days at Princeton Serminary. Crowe spends the first paragraph inquiring over Esther's health, for she was apparently very ill prior to his departure....
Letter from Esther Crowe in Lexington, KY to her husband John Finley Crowe in Princeton, New Jersey, dated 30 June 1814. In the letter, she discusses her health and needing to be bled, news of family and friends, her religious...
A letter from John Finley Crowe to Esther Alexander Crowe over his time at Princeton. Crowe begins the letter by describing the room that he boards and how much it costs him. Crowe then goes on to talk about God's plans for...
Letter from Esther Alexander Crowe to John Finley Crowe in 1814. Esther spends much of the letter talking about the wait for letters from Crowe. Esther also discusses how her ill health prevented her from writing letters, but...
Crowe begins his letter to Esther by stating that he will no longer hold back when he writes to her and that he will not add any formalities in the future. Crowe writes of his love for Esther and discusses the biblical...
Letter from Esther Alexander Crowe to John Finley Crowe over her daily life in his absence while he attended Princeton. Esther mentions having tea with friends, spooling wool into yarn, and devotes quite a bit of her letter to...
Letter from John Finley Crowe to his wife, Esther Crowe, 30 July 1814. Crowe begins the letter by thanking Esther for continually writing letters to him while he attended Princeton. Crowe mentions that Mr. Blythe wants him to...
Letter from Esther Crowe to her husband John Finley Crowe, 3 August 1814, over her daily life and health. Esther writes that she fills her days in John's abscence by writing letters to her various family and friends....
Letter from John Finley Crowe to his wife Esther Crowe, 13 August 1814. Crowe starts out his letter by thanking Esther for indulging his request to include the minutia of her life in her letters. Next, Crowe tells Esther that...
A letter from Esther Alexander Crowe to her husband John Finley Crowe over her daily life and occupations in his abscence. Esther mentions the friends that she has called upon and talks about her and Crowe's mutual friends....
Letter from John Finley Crowe to his wife Esther Crowe, 23 August 1814. Crowe writes that he has been offered to attend another six months at Princeton and asks for Esther's permission to stay. Crowe also mentions letters from...
In this letter from Esther Crowe in Lexington, KY, dated 3 September 1814, to her husband John Finley Crowe, she discusses the pain she experiences while writing him. In the previous letter mailed to her, John Finley Crowe...
Letter from John Finley Crow to his wife Esther Crow, 3 September 1814 from Princeton, New Jersey. In this letter, Crowe discusses the appreciation he has for Esther now that she is responding to his letters. However, he does...
In this letter to John FInley Crowe from Esther Crowe, she is apologizing for the long stretch of time she has spent not writing John back. She then accuses him of neglecting her because she has not heard from him in three...
In this letter to Esther Crowe, John Finley Crowe exclaims to her that he has no time to write her at the moment. His examinations at the Princeton Theological Seminary are approaching rapidly and he cannot take the time to...
Letter to Esther Crowe from her husband, John Finley Crowe in Princeton, NJ, 29 September 1814., John apologizes to Esther for being unable to write her as frequently as she hoped. He discusses how he longs to be home with her...
In this letter John Finley Crowe is feeling great amounts of anxiety because he has written Esther Crowe several times and she has not written him back. He is afraid the mail carrier has miscarried his letters but is nearly set...
In this letter to Esther Crowe, John Finley Crowe is in a current state of regret. He too is missing out on letter to Esther, but in the same vein he also wishes to hear from her as well. He also comes to terms with the...
In this letter to John Finley Crowe from Esther Crowe, the birth of their son is being discussed. She goes into great detail regarding her experience giving birth and taking care of their son in the first weeks of him being...
In this letter to Esther Crowe from John Finley Crowe, he expresses his worry for Esther due to the lack of letters he has been receiving. John also gives Esther an update on his own health and well being while attending...
In this letter to Esther Crowe from John Finley Crow, John is at a cross roads with his own emotions. He is feeling anxious and impatient while waiting for another letter, yet he does not want to receive a letter with...
In this letter to John Finley Crowe from Esther Crowe, Esther has a slight tone change and is clearly bothered with John in this letter. She reiterates her statement from the previous letter by saying the baby is making it...
In this letter to Esther Crowe from John Finley Crowe, John is letting his emotions get the best of him. Rather than paying close attention to the well being of his wife and child, he is paying more attention to his own...
In this letter to Esther Crowe from John Finley Crowe, John sends his sympathy to Esther in regards to being ill after birth. He is also worried about their sons health status and leaves his fate in the hands of God. To...
In this letter to John Finley Crowe from Esther Crowe, she describes how she got a doctor for her newborn son. She also discusses his health improvement reassuring John that their son will not be blind. Just as he requested,...
In this letter to Esther Crowe from John Finley Crowe, John asks for Esther's forgiveness after sending multiple rude, inconsiderate letters. He describes his troubles in Princeton. He had a boil on one of his hands that caused...
In this letter to Esther Crowe from John Finley Crowe, John is expressing how happy he is to hear that he and Esthers baby is beautiful and healthy. After hearing such great news about his child, he is given the motivation to...
In this letter to Esther Crowe from John Finley Crowe, John tells Esther that if he ever scolds her via letter or taking to a rude tone it is because he wishes to hear from her. In the same vein, he makes the fear of Esther...
In this letter to John Finley Crowe from Esther Crowe, Esther describes the situation at home for John by telling him of the baby's rapid growth since she last wrote. In correspondence to Johns heavy belief in God, Esther...
In this letter to Esther Crowe from John Finley Crowe, John wants to hear more about their son. While it was nice to hear about his accomplishments in music he would like to hear about any milestones. Unlike past letters John...
Letter to Esther Crowe from her husband, John F. Crowe in Princeton, NJ, 5 April 1815. He writes that he is happy to hear her health is returning and that he had spoken with Dr. Blythe about their son. He also discusses his...
This work is rectangular watercolor painting, and it is done in pastel colors. Its main subjects are three horses and riders following dogs that are chasing after a fox. The figures and animals are highly detailed and...
This work is a watercolor scene depicting fox hunting. It is mostly a hard-edged watercolor, though many of the shapes throughout have much texture. The painting is majorly comprised of pastel colors, including blue and green....
This work is a rectangular watercolor painting done mostly in pastel colors. It depicts a hunting scene, with riders on horses following dogs. The horses start from the left and are moving toward to the right of the piece. The...
Letter to Esther Crowe from her husband, John F. Crowe in Kaskaskia, 18 November 1817. He describes his travels to Bellevue including the weather and the people he met along the way.
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Historical Note: The Hanover Presbyterian Church was officially organized on 4 March 1820. Presbyterians in the area had been meeting since December 1819 until the coming of Thomas C. Searly, the first pastor of the church, who...
Letter to John F. Crowe in Shelbyville, KY from Thomas C. Searle in Madison, IN, 1 March 1820. Writing faded. Searle was the first pastor of the Hanover Presbyterian Church. In this letter, he discusses possibly opening a new...
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Historical Note: The Charlestown Presbyterian Church was founded in 1812 by Rev. Joseph P. Lapsley. In September 1907, many records of the church were destroyed in a fire. , This is a finding aid, which provides information...
Votes from the members of the Hanover Presbyterian Church Congregation, 16 January 1823. Documents the members of the church who voted for John Finley Crowe as the new minister. Vote taken at the home of Williamson Dunn....
Letter from the congregation of the Hanover Presbyterian Church in Indiana, to Rev. John F. Crowe, 2 April 1823. In the document, they offer him a position as the minister of the church with a salary of $325 semiannually....
Historical Note: The New Zion Presbyterian Church was founded in the 1820s. in 1872, the church name was changed to the Spring Hill Presbyterian Church., Scope and Content: Records of the New Zion and Spring Hill Presbyterian...
Historical Note: The Paoli First Presbyterian Church was organized on 10 September 1825. , This is a finding aid, which provides information about the contents of an archival collection. The presence of a finding aid on this...
This is a finding aid, which provides information about the contents of an archival collection. The presence of a finding aid on this website does not mean that items from the collection have been digitized or are available...
This work is a rectangular color lithograph on brown paper. It depicts a scene of a man riding a horse and people following in a horse-drawn carriage. The shapes are defined and textured with thin lines, and they are given...
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Notes from a meeting of the Hanover Presbyterian Church, 28 June 1827. Describes a meeting in which church member Nancy Gray, an African American woman, reported that she was living William Gray, even though they were not...
Scope and Content: Minutes of the Hanover College Board of Trustees. Records document the actions and decisions of the Board. This collection includes agendas, minutes, and reports from Board of Trustee meetings., Historical...
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A letter from the Philadelphia Board of Education to John Finley Crowe, 1787-1860 over their efforts to fund male students who aspire to serve as Presbyterian Ministers but are unable to complete their education due to...
Letter from John Finley Crowe to his wife Esther Alexander Crowe over his travels in upstate New York, 25 December 1830. Crowe talks about his travel plans and the people he encountered along the way. Crowe finishes the letter...
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A letter from R.S. Reese to John Finley Crowe discussing the state of a seminary in Cincinnati including the classes taught. Additionally, the letter mentions the health of the students and the number currently absent for one...