👉1847 PHILIP LINDSLEY Signed PRINCETON REVIEW Stampless CORRESPONDENCE Letter

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1847
PHILIP LINDSLEY
Signed
PRINCETON REVIEW
Stampless
CORRESPONDENCE
Letter. Awesome conversational & historic piece!
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Philip Lindsley
Born
December 21, 1786
Basking Ridge
, New Jersey
Died
May 25, 1855 (aged 68)
Nashville
, Tennessee
Occupation
Preacher, educator, classicist
Spouse(s)
Margaret Lawrence Lindsley
Mary Ann Myers Lindsley
Children
Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley
John Berrien Lindsley
Relatives
Nathaniel Lawrence
(father-in-law)
Signature
Philip Lindsley
(1786–1855) was an American Presbyterian minister, educator and classicist. He served as the acting president of the College of New Jersey (now
Princeton University
) from 1822 to 1824, and as the first president of the now-defunct
University of Nashville
from 1824 to 1850.
Early life
Philip Lindsley was born in
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
on December 21, 1786.
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He was educated in private academies and graduated from the College of New Jersey, now
Princeton University
.
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Career
He started teaching Latin and Greek at Princeton University in 1808.
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[3]
By 1813, he became Professor of Languages, Librarian, Inspector (Dean), and secretary of the Board of Trustees.
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He then served as its Vice President from 1817 to 1822, and as its Acting President from 1822 to 1824.
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However, he declined its presidency, as well as the presidencies of
Transylvania University
in
Lexington, Kentucky
,
Ohio University
in
Athens, Ohio
and
Dickinson College
in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
.
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[6]
In December 1824, he moved to
Nashville, Tennessee
, to take up the presidency of Cumberland College.
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[6]
Among his first acts as president was to request that its name be changed to the
University of Nashville
, a change that took effect about a year after his arrival.
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He hired respected scholars as faculty in fields including classics, foreign languages, mathematics, and geology.
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At the same time, he actively recruited students.
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He also suggested starting a
medical school
.
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He resigned his position in 1850, when the university suspended operations as a result of the
cholera epidemic
which led to low enrollment and to financial difficulties.
[5]
His son, John Berrien Lindsley, became the university's president when it reopened in 1855.
[5]
After leaving the University of Nashville, he taught Ecclesiastical Polity and Biblical Archaeology at New Albany Theological Seminary in
New Albany, Indiana
(now the
McCormick Theological Seminary
in
Chicago
).
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His ideas and ambitions regarding education had a lasting impact.
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He promoted the Nashville city slogan "Athens of the South", a sobriquet coined by
Leroy J. Halsey
(1812-1896) that reflected his goal of making the University of Nashville into a nationally recognized institution.
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[3]
He was an advocate for better education at all levels, becoming one of the first academics to urge the formal training of school teachers in
normal schools
.
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He saw education as, "a great equalizer, a special right for the poor."
[7]
Additionally, in an essay entitled
Thoughts on Slavery
, he wrote, "Our slaves must be
emancipated
."
[7]
In the 1830s he published a pamphlet that argued that all children should be offered a broad academic education, including Greek, Latin, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, geography, and English.
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Personal life
He married Margaret Lawrence Lindsley, the daughter of
Nathaniel Lawrence
, who was
New York Attorney General
from 1792 to 1795.
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[2]
The couple had three sons:
Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley
(1814–1885), who served as a member of the
Tennessee Senate
.
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[8]
[9]
Nathaniel Lawrence Lindsley (1816–1868).
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[10]
John Berrien Lindsley
(1822–1897).
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[2]
[9]
He married Sarah McGavock Lindsley (1830–1903).
Margaret Lindsley died in 1845. In 1849, Lindsley married Mary Ann Myers, widow of Elias Myers, the founder of New Albany Theological Seminary.
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Death
He died in Nashville on May 25, 1855.
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