Daniel R. Biddlecom letter
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript letter to Reverend Nathaniel Stacy in Michigan Territory regarding preaching and religious persecution. Perrysburg, Ohio, December 28, 1836.
The writer proposes that Father Stacy meet him at a point midway between their respective homes, that they exchange horses and return to preach at one another’s congregations. (. . . they will want to hear the word spoken in the strength of the wisdom of age . . .).
Biddlecom writes that Perrysburg Universalists have suffered at the hands of the Presbyterians, Baptists and Methodists. I have had to sustain a most violent assount from the Enemy . . . they showed themselves to be most bitter. Bless me! . . . The arrows of slander were thrown thick & fast at first, but you know there is nothing to be feared from them while we have the shield of faith . . . 8 by 10 inches. 2 pages and integral address leaf (approximately 450 words).
Dates
- Creation: 1836
Creator
- Biddlecom, D. R. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Daniel R. Biddlecom letter must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Daniel R. Biddlecom (1805-1885) was a Universalist preacher in Ohio.
Daniel R. Biddlecom was born in July 1805 in Deerfield, Oneida, New York. He married Mary Ann Edmondson May 26, 1842 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio. Daniel R. Biddlecom was a well-known Universalist preacher in Ohio. He was known in the West as a minister of the Restitution. He died December 19, 1885 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.
Extent
1 folder (0.02 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
One letter from Daniel R. Biddlecom to Reverend Nathaniel Stacy, dated 1836.
Custodial History note
Purchased from Rick Grunder in 1989.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Purchased; Rick Grunder; 1989.
Appraisal note
Utah and the American West (Collection development policy for 19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts, August 2007).
Processing Information note
Processed; H. Christine Swindler; 17 July 2007.
- Title
- Register of Daniel R. Biddlecom letter
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- H. Christine Swindler and Karen Glenn, student processors; John Murphy, curator
- Date
- 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States