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An agreement between the consistory of the Reformed Church of Mattoax in Virginia, and Rev. Philip Phelps Agent for the Endowment of Hope Hope College in Michigan. "The amount needed to meet the most pressing wants of those settlers is twenty two hundred dollars; although several hundred dollars more could be used with great advantage in order to cover all the necessities." The funds came from the gifts to the college of Mrs. F. F. Chrystie (600) and Morris Jessup (1500).
Date
5-29-1871
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Recommended Citation
Huizenga, John; Hulsebos, Messussies; Zuidema, Meindent; Bultje, Klaas K.; and van de Riet, Cynadus, "An Agreement Between the Consistory of the Reformed Church of Mattoax in Virginia, and Rev. Philip Phelps Agent for the Endowment of Hope College in Michigan" (1871). Van Raalte Papers: 1870-1879. 315.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1870s/315
Notes
Description of the document 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.