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Show Westminster College, Founded by Sheldon Jackson, D. D. <br> Salt Lake City, Utah. <br> Officers of Board of Trustees: <br> WM. M. Paden, D. D., Chairman. <br> Rev. Josiah McClain, Secretary. <br> Henry V. Van Pelt, Treasurer. <br> College Officials. <br> Rev. George Bailey, Ph. D., Pres't, Washington, D. C. <br> R. G. McNiece, D. D., Dean of the Faculty. <br> Prof. Geo. B. Sweazey, A. B. Sec. <br><br> March 14th., 1903. <br><br> Rev. Sheldon Jackson, D.D., <br> Department of Interior, <br> Washington, D.C. <br><br> My Dear Dr:- <br> Your very welcome letter of the 9th., instant enclosing check for $340.00 singed by Mr. John L. Emerson is duly received. Enclosed please find duplicate receipts for Mrs. Selden's donation for $200.00 being included in Mr. Emerson's check. <br> I regret very much that you will not be in Salt Lake this spring because the erection of the chapel and its location should be determined on only after consultation with yourself. I fell that you are not entirely convinced that the chapel cannot be placed upon the college grounds to the best advantage. The site which has been suggested for the chapel is quite near the college grounds and is a part of a two acre tract cornering on 11th. south and 11th. east. The question will be debated by the board whether we should buy the whole two acre tract in order that the Temple site and the college site may be almost if not altogether contiguous. By this plan our preference that the chapel be erected upon the college grounds would me bet in substance. If however we buy only a few lots out of the two acre tract for the location of the chapel, still the chapel will be so near the college that the benefit to the college would be almost as great as it located on the college ground itself. Dr. Bailey will arrive to-day or tomorrow and I am in hopes he has canvassed the situation so throughly with you that he will be able to tell us what your wishes are. <br><br> Yours very truly, <br> Henry V. Van Pelt* <br><br><br> * handwritten in the original typed document <br><br> |
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In this letter to Sheldon Jackson, Henry V. Van Pelt records having received a check from John L. Emerson. He notes he has included a receipt for Mrs. Sheldon, who contributed to Mr. Emerson's check. He then expresses his sorrow that Sheldon Jackson will not be able to visit Salt Lake City, Utah, in the spring, and discusses a chapel to be built near Westminster College that Sheldon Jackson needs to approve. Sheldon Jackson is the founder of Westminster College, and Henry V. Van Pelt is the treasurer of the college's Board of Trustees. |
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Bailey, George; Emerson, John L.; Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909; McClain, Josiah; McNiece, Robert G. (Robert Gibson), 1839-1913; Paden, William M.; Van Pelt, Henry V.; Sweazey, George B.; Selden (Mrs.) |
