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Philander Chase announces to his brother his success in fundraising for Jubilee College in South Carolina and says he does not know when he will return to Vermont.
Date
6-9-1840
Keywords
Illinois, Jubilee College, South Carolina, subscription, Charleston
Recommended Citation
Chase, Philander, "Letter to Dudley Chase" (1840). Philander Chase Letters. 1117.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/1117
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Charleston 9th of June 1840
My dear Brother,
You will wonder what keeps me over in S. Carolina so long. Indeed it would be a matter of astonishment to myself were it not for a particular Providence which tells me that it is my duty to do: and you yourself will cease to be surprised when I tell you that, by coming to Charleston this last time, I have by God’s merciful guidance secured the subscription of ten thousand dollars to found in Jubilee College (Ill:) a “South Carolina Professorship.”
This is God’s doing and is marvelous in our eyes! The whole subscription paid and unpaid now amounts to [?] of $20.000!! In this great mercy to the cause of Religion and learning in the Far West I trust you will join me in giving to God most hearty thanks. As for myself I [derive] to say continually “Bless the Lord o! my soul, and forget not all his benefits.” I am in good health and hope to be permitted to set off with the Bishop elect for this diocese on our journey to New York tomorrow afternoon. I shall probably stop in Virginia for a few days Dr. Gadsden will go on to his consecration.
When I shall reach Vermont I am no better able to say than when I wrote you last.
In the meantime you shall continue to hera from
Your faithful and most affectionate Brother
Philander Chase
Judge Chase
Love to All