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Cablegram from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Elmo C. Acton, 1930-04-26
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed Western Union cablegram (deferred) from N.D. Pendleton to Elmo C. Acton in Durban, Natal, South Africa. Message: "Offer for Acton five hundred dollars Assemby Reply" signed: Pendleton (Charged to General Church)
Dates:
1930-04-26
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Albert Bjorck, 1929-03-07
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Albert Bjorck in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Pendleton finds Bjorck’s letter to Hans Giobel informative; Perhaps Giobel will change his mind in the next several years, and in the meantime, Pendleton will keep the house open for him in Bryn Athyn. In August, Pendleton and his wife will sail from New York and join Mr. and Mrs. Theodor Pitcairn in France on their way to visit the General Church mission in South Africa. Pendleton regrets that Bishop Tilson...
Dates:
1929-03-07
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Elmo C. Acton, 1929-03-08
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Elmo C. Acton in Durban, Natal, South Africa.
Pendleton informs Acton that he (Pendleton) and Mrs. Pendleton, along with Rev. Theo Pitcairn and Mrs. (Marijke) Pitcairn, will be visiting South Africa in September. Pendleton hopes to ordain several South African "natives" into the first or second degrees of the priesthood, and he asks for Acton's advice in this matter. Pendleton thinks it may be advisable to ordain Moffat Mcanyana into the second...
Dates:
1929-03-08
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Elmo C. Acton, 1929-05-11
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Elmo C. Acton in Durban, Natal, South Africa. Unless there is a reason against it, Pendleton would like the set Sept. 15th as the date for the South African Assembly. He (Pendleton) will leave Durban for Alpha around Sept. 22nd.
Dates:
1929-05-11
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fernand Hussenet, 1920-02-26
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fernand Hussenet in Saint Cloud, France. Handwritten French copy attached, translated by Madame Iungerich.
Pendleton has received Hussenet’s letter of January 20th. Pendleton hopes that Hussenet and the Church members in Paris will not be too hasty in attempting to form a federation of French speaking societies. Pendleton writes that while the General Church “hold[s] our people by no other than an internal bond, yet we have a right to expect that...
Dates:
1920-02-26
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Glendower C. Ottley, 1920-02-24
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Glendower C. Ottley in London, England.
Pendleton informs Ottley that there will be an International Church Council in Bryn Athyn next June. He had the idea for this council while in South Africa overseeing the reception of the Durban Society into the General Church, and the idea was reinforced when Ottley and Rev. Tilson joined the General Church. Writing about this Council, Pendleton comments, “You will agree with me, I am sure, that the need of the...
Dates:
1920-02-24
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Glendower C. Ottley
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Handwritten letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Glendower C. Ottley. "Hotel Edward" stationary. No Date. Typed copy by Freda Pendleton attached.
On his return to Durban from Basutoland, Pendleton received Ottley’s letters of Feb. 8th and March 6th. In Basutoland, Pendleton baptized 20 “natives” and ordained 4. Pendleton discusses Mr. Tilson’s independent New Church society and what would happen to it if he died. Pendleton believes it will ultimately join either the Conference Church or the...
Dates:
1890 - 1937
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson, 1929-05-22
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England.
Pendleton asks Tilson to convey his greetings to the 1929 British Assembly. He would like to be present in person, but his engagements on the European continent will prevent him from doing so. He plans to visit Paris, the Hague, and Thoury-Ferottes as he was unable to visit these places last summer. He promises to spend several days in England on his return journey from South Africa. He plans to hold the first...
Dates:
1929-05-22
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Theodore Pitcairn, 1920-05-25
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Theodore Pitcairn in Maseru, Basutoland, S.A.
Pendleton has received Pitcairn’s letters of April 9th and 13th with the enclosures of Pitcairn’s letter to Mr. Keyes and Mr. Bjorck’s letter to Pitcairn. Bjork and his wife have recently joined the General Church, and Pendleton has accepted Bjork into the General Church ministry. He does not have a definite position in mind for Bjorck, but he suggests several possibilities including: teaching at the...
Dates:
1920-05-25
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Theodore Pitcairn, 1920-06-30
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Theodore Pitcairn in Maseru, Basutoland.
Pendleton acknowledges Pitcairn’s letter of May 23rd. Pitcairn has proposed sending a “Fingo” man from Cape Colony to attend theological school in Bryn Athyn. Pendleton advises Pitcairn to spend more time getting to know this man before paying to send him to Bryn Athyn. The Council meetings in Bryn Athyn have come to an end. They were quite successful overall, and it is now being suggested that the Church hold...
Dates:
1920-06-30
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