Sidney Harper Marsh Letters from Horace Lyman

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Several letters written to Sidney Harper Marsh by Horace Lyman. Lyman came to Oregon in 1849. He established the First Congregational Church in Portland, and in 1857 became a Professor in English at Pacific University. Marsh was the President of Pacific University in 1854, which he remained president for 25 years. He was ordained as a Congregational clergyman during his early years in Oregon where he gave sermons throughout the Willamette Valley, from Forest Grove to Eugene. As the President of Pacific University, Mr. Sidney Marsh worked tirelessly to promote education in the West and to gain subscriptions in the East to help fund the school from 1859-1860 and 1875- 1876.

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Gift

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