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Description
A letter of Thomas De Witt, a pastor in the Collegiate Church to a Rev. Elias Heiner of Baltimore "per Rev. H. P. Scholte" [which may account for the fact that the letter stayed in Pella], to whom De Witt commends Scholte and the need of his people. "The expected emigrants from Holland" are coming into the Baltimore harbor, I assume.
Date
5-13-1847
City
New York City
Source
The original documents are held in Central College.
Rights
This digitized material is intended for personal research/study only. The original documents may not be reproduced for commercial use in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from Central College.
Recommended Citation
De Witt, Thomas, "Letter from Thomas De Witt to Rev. Elias Heiner" (1847). Van Raalte Papers: 1840-1849. 147.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1840s/147
Notes
English
Description of the document and reference to Central College by Dr. Elton J. Bruins.
About the collection:
Elton J. Bruins, long-time professor in the Department of Religion at Hope College, spent years collecting documents by and about Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of Holland, Michigan and early patron of Hope College. Documents were gathered from dozens of public and private collections, making a nearly exhaustive collection of Van Raalte's writings and reflections. It is these documents that make up the "Van Raalte Papers."
Digitizing the Van Raalte papers was supported by the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. The project was done in partnership with Heritage Hall at Calvin University, which also digitized its Van Raalte collections.