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Description
A letter of Rev. John H. Karsten to Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte, informing Van Raalte that Widow Veenhuis in the church he is serving in Alto, Wisconsin, is willing to donate property presumably to Hope College. The twenty acres she is willing to give to the college are worth $2,000. There is a reference to Rev. Roelof Pieters who is Karsten's predecessor in the Alto and now pastor of the First Reformed Church in Holland, Michigan.
Date
2-7-1873
City
Waupun, Wisconsin
Source
The original documents are held in the Holland Museum.
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 the Holland Museum.
Recommended Citation
Karsten, John H. and ten Hoor, Henry, "A Letter of Rev. John H. Karsten to Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte, Informing Van Raalte that Widow Veenhu is in the Church He is Serving in Alto, Wisconsin, is Willing to Donate Property Presumably to Hope College" (1873). Van Raalte Papers: 1870-1879. 148.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1870s/148
Notes
In Dutch; translated by Dr. Henry ten Hoor.
Description of the document and reference to the Holland Museum 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.