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Description
A letter published this date in De Nieuwsbode, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, was sent by an unidentified person who called himself "A Friend of the Truth." The writer was tired of hearing so much of the Holland Colony in Michigan and what a Godly place it was. There was not enough emphasis placed upon education in Holland? or Wisconsin? From what the letter indicates is that the writer is a farmer who is working hard to eliminate "the formidable sons of the forest."
Date
1-3-1851
City
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Source
The original documents are held in the Albertus C. Van Raalte Collection (M300) or the Dirk B.K. Van Raalte Collection (M301) in Heritage Hall, Hekman Library, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI. The Van Raalte material in Heritage Hall has since been reorganized.
https://archives.calvin.edu/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=264&q=
https://archives.calvin.edu/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=262&q=
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 Heritage Hall at Calvin University. Contact the Curator at Heritage Hall.
Recommended Citation
"A friend of the truth" and Kennedy, Nella, "Letter by "A Friend of the Truth" Published in De Nieuwsbode" (1851). Van Raalte Papers: 1850-1859. 194.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1850s/194
Notes
In Dutch; translation by Nella Kennedy, January 2007.
Description of the document and reference to the collection at Calvin College Archives 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.