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Condolence letters re: death of Leland Stanford: K includes John J. Keane, Peter C. Kellogg, Maude Stanford Kinmouth, Elizabetha R. Kiplinger, Lucretia Wolcott Knowlton, and Mrs. J.H. Kyle

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and had several letters of response; but he, wisely, desired to keep the Univ^y free from any seeming association with any denomination. Our mutual friend Bishop Newman was still in So. America as June ended.

With Respect,

Your Brother in Christ,

S. V. Leech

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S. V. Leech

Rev. Dr. Samuel Vanderlip Leech (1837-1916) was an abolitionist minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in West Virginia who wrote and published a book, "The Raid of John Brown at Harpers Ferry as I Saw It" based on his witnessing the famous Civil War raid. He was a popular lecturer and several other books and some of his sermons have also been published. Leech was a pastor at a number of churches including the Howard Street Church in San Francisco; Centenary Methodist Church in Terre Haute, IN; North Street M.E. Church in Wheeling, WV; First Methodist Episcopal Church in Pueblo, CO; as well as serving a term as Chaplain of the New York State Legislature.

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Jane Lathrop Stanford Papers

Pages That Mention S. V. Leech

Condolence letters re: death of Leland Stanford: K includes John J. Keane, Peter C. Kellogg, Maude Stanford Kinmouth, Elizabetha R. Kiplinger, Lucretia Wolcott Knowlton, and Mrs. J.H. Kyle

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