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Description
A rough draft of a letter of A.C.V.R. to the Rev. John Garretson, secretary of the Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in New York. Hyma makes several references to this letter, pp. 158-59, 207-09, and 261. [On what basis does Hyma date the letter in 1852 except for the fact A.C.V.R. mentions five years of knowing the RCA? Dr. E. William Kennedy's notations indicate that he judges the letter to have been written Jan./Feb., 1852.]
Date
1-1852
City
New York, New York
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
Van Raalte, A. C., "A Rough Draft of a Letter of A. C. V. R. to the Rev. John Garretson" (1852). Van Raalte Papers: 1850-1859. 219.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1850s/219
Notes
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.