Benade, William Henry, Rt. Rev. (1816-1905)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1816 - 1905
Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from William Henry Benade to Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn, 1877-06-15
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Handwritten letter from Rev. W. H. Benade in Alleghany City (Allegheny), PA to Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. Contents:
-Gertrude’s favor of June 11th received; Benade happy to answer questions
-almost glad that Gertrude imagines herself without decided talent; leaves her free to be good woman & good wife
-discussion of Kindergarten / Fröbel’s teaching theory; complimentary to New Church education; benefit of natural objects & creative materials (slates, pencils, paper,...
Dates:
1877-06-15
Letter from William Henry Benade to John Pitcairn, 1874-04-13
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Handwritten letter from William Henry Benade in Allegheny City to John Pitcairn, Jr.
Benade tells Pitcairn they are all concerned for his health; Frank has reported that he is working too hard and injuring himself. They missed Pitcairn at the Association meeting, which Benade feels has been pleasant and profitable. At Saturday’s business meeting, they discussed establishing a permanent fund for the Association by recommending a minimum annual contribution of $1 per member. Mr. Sewall (?),...
Dates:
1874-04-13
Letter from William Henry Benade to John Pitcairn, 1874-06-09
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Handwritten letter from William Henry Benade in Allegheny City, PA to John Pitcairn, Jr.
Benade inquires about Pitcairn and Childs' travel abroad, wondering if they have been converted by the Catholic pilgrims and encouraging Pitcairn to “keep down the corks” so as not to drink himself to death by bringing about a case of spontaneous combustion. At home, all is well. Frank has moved into the cottage behind the bridge and is charmed by the spring. The prospect of Benade joining them in...
Dates:
1874-06-09
Letter from William Henry Benade to John Pitcairn, 1874-08-22
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Handwritten letter from William Henry Benade in Allegheny City, PA to John Pitcairn, Jr.
Benade has received Pitcairn’s letter of June 29th. With the Professor (R. L. Tafel) as their guide, they can’t help but have a good time, especially as Pitcairn will be able to able to offload some responsibility for M.Z. (Methustikos Zephuros, i.e., Walter C. Childs). If they found “bright inspiration” on the “shores of perfidious Albion,” Benade knows they have met with his friends Mr. Warren and Mr....
Dates:
1874-08-22
Letter from William Henry Benade to John Pitcairn, 1874-07-08
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Handwritten letter from William Henry Benade in Allegheny City, PA to John Pitcairn, Jr.
Benade has received Pitcairn’s letter of June 8th. He hears Pitcairn and Childs have arrived in Paris and are now being “initiated into the mysteries of the French tongue.” He is not surprised that they were unsuccessful in converting the Bishop, though he is surprised the Bishop didn’t carry them all the way to Rome. Benade discusses the curious “consular experience” they had with the man Smith- he...
Dates:
1874-07-08
Letter from William Henry Benade to John Pitcairn , 1877-03-24
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Handwritten letter from Rev. W. H. Benade in Alleghany City (Allegheny), PA. Addressed to “My dear Docter”. Likely Dr. N. C. Burnham. Handwriting difficult to decipher.Contents:
-meeting of “A.” in Phila.; Doctor’s presence missed; increased earnestness for their work; 3 new members received (Mr. Farrington, Mr. Campell, Mr. Starkey)
-report of Theological School students progress very favorable; 2 will be ready to come to the Doctor in Sept.; Mr. Bostock recently joined class;...
Dates:
1877-03-24
Letter (partial) from William H. Benade to Maria C. Hogan, 1878-04-07
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Typed copy of a portion of a letter from William H. Benade in Cairo, Egypt to Maria C. Hogan. 2 pages, double spaced. Contents:
-long & delightful voyage along Nile
-paintings depicting “conscientiously designed” correspondences decorate walls of temples, palaces, & tombs; religion part of all daily affairs
-learned that Egyptians thought sand was evil & would counteract it by sowing many small bronze/clay images of deities like seeds around temples
-evidence of...
Dates:
1878-04-07
Memoranda From 1874 Diary of John Pitcairn, 1874-01-12 - 1875-01-16
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Typed transcription of John Pitcairn Jr.'s diary, 1874. Covers travel through Europe including England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, etc. with Walter C. Childs. Names mentioned: Mr. (William Henry) Benade, Frank Ballou, Walter C. Childs, New Church Club, Mrs. Helen Rush, Robert (Pitcairn), Rev. Beatty, Maj. Negley, Imperial Refinery, Standard Oil Company, Vandergrift, Mrs. Bucklin, Dr. (Leonhardt) Tafel, St. Laurent (steamer), John Gillespy, Daniel Drew (steamer),...
Dates:
1874-01-12 - 1875-01-16
Notes by John Pitcairn on the Glorification of the Lord, 1873-02-08
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Handwritten notes by John Pitcairn, Jr. on “Steamer Belle Lee: Regular New Orleans and Memphis Packet” letterhead.
J Pitcairn had a conversation with Mr. Benade the previous night which helped him to understand the Doctrine of the Lord’s Glorification more clearly. Benade referenced a small treatise, which he thinks has only been published in England, in which Swedenborg says that the material of the Lord’s natural body dissipated in the tomb. Benade and Pitcairn discussed whether this...
Dates:
1873-02-08
Pamphlet on Officers and Committees of the General Convention 1868-1869, 1868
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
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Typed pamphlet listing officers, committees, and "Matters specially referred to standing committees" of the General Convention for 1868-1869.
Names mentioned: John C. Ager, James P. Baxter, William H. Benade, Mr. Boericke, Arthur O. Brickman, Glendy Burke, Edwin Burnham, Lyman S. Burnham, C. Louis Carriere, Horace P. Chandler, John C. Chatterton, William C. Church, G. Woolworth Colton, Rev. Willard G. Day, Rev. Samuel F. Dike, C. T. Dunham, Oliver Dyer, Oliver Eldridge, W. A. Fleck, Jabez...
Dates:
1868
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