Andrew Wylie papers, 1808-1858, bulk 1828-1851
A Guide to his Papers at the Indiana University Archives
Processed by Kristen R. Walker; revised by Philip C.
Bantin
Summary Information
Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator
Wylie, Andrew, 1789-1851.
TitleAndrew Wylie papers, 1808-1858, bulk 1828-1851
Collection No.
C1
Extent
2.2 cubic feet (3 boxes)
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
Andrew Wylie assumed the position as the
first president of Indiana College in 1829, and he died on 11 November 1851 of pneumonia
which he developed after accidentally cutting his leg while chopping wood. This
collection consists of Andrew Wylie’s personal papers, and includes records documenting
Wylie’s tenure at Jefferson and Washington Colleges; correspondence with family and
professional colleagues; Wylie’s sermons, lectures, and writings; bills, contracts, and
receipts relating primarily to building and maintaining the family residence; and
biographical information on Wylie.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Advance notice is required.
Biographical Note
Andrew Wylie, the first president of Indiana University, was born on 12 April 1789, on a
farm in western Pennsylvania. The son of an Irish immigrant, Wylie was brought up in a
Scots-Irish Presbyterian household where education, religion, and discipline were
instilled deeply into the young man’s psyche. Before entering Jefferson College in
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, at the age of fifteen Wylie helped his father farm the land
and took classes at the public schools in the area as the seasons permitted. Wylie’s
mother also supplemented his education.
Wylie graduated from Jefferson College in 1810 at the top of his class with honors.
Promptly after graduation Wylie was appointed as a tutor at the college. In a relatively
short amount of time Wylie made a reputation for himself as one of the most gifted
scholars in the east. This lead to Wylie being unanimously elected president of
Jefferson College by the Board of Trustees a mere two years after graduating from the
school. Sometime during this period Wylie was ordained as a Presbyterian minister.
In 1817 Wylie resigned his position at Jefferson College and became the president of
Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in an attempt to unify the two
Presbyterian schools which were only located about seven miles away from one another.
The attempt to unite the two colleges failed when the board members of Washington
College and Wylie clashed on the terms of the unification. Wylie resigned as president
of Washington College in December of 1828 when he realized he no longer had the full
support of the College Board of Trustees. During his presidency at Washington College
Wylie received his D.D. (Doctor of Divinity) from Union College in 1825.
In 1828 Indiana Seminary was undergoing the transformation to Indiana College and Wylie
was contacted about becoming president of the fledgling institution. After being
continuously courted by the faculty and other officials of the college, the Indiana
College Board of Trustees elected Wylie president in 1829. Wylie, his wife Margaret, and
his family moved to Bloomington to assume his new duties as the first president of
Indiana College on 29 October 1829.
When Wylie arrived in Bloomington he not only served as president but was also an
instructor. One of the first things he did was change the curriculum and the student
body structure. The institution adopted the “One-Study Plan” adding both a junior and
senior class. It outlined that the freshman and half of the sophomore year be dedicated
to the study of Greek and Latin. In the second half of the sophomore year and the entire
junior year, mathematics and some “natural sciences” were to be the main course of
study. In the senior year all students studied philosophy, Christianity, constitutional
law, political economy, and literary criticism under the watchful eye of Wylie himself.
When classes at the college opened in December 1829, Baynard Hall and John Harney had
the responsibility of teaching the other three classes with a total enrollment of forty
students. During the remaining years of Wylie’s presidency the curriculum changed very
little.
During the first years of Wylie’s administration the biggest scandal of Wylie’s
presidency was born. The events of 1832 were so tumultuous that they almost resulted in
the death of the college. The scandal, christened the “Faculty War of 1832," began in
the spring of that year when a representative of the student temperance society, Samuel
Givens, asked Wylie if he could speak either first or last at the student oration
presentations. Wylie agreed, but later preoccupied by a troublemaking carpenter at the
site of the orations, Wylie forgot his promise to the young man, and he called upon
Givens to speak second. Mr. Givens, outraged by Wylie recanting his word, refused to
speak to the assembled students. That following Saturday morning in the chapel Wylie
called upon Givens to explain his behavior to the assembled faculty and student body.
Givens explained that Wylie had reneged on a promise and that he did not want his speech
mixed up with the others. Wylie apologized and explained the problem with the unruly
carpenter at the Presbyterian Church. Wylie asked Givens that if faced with the same
situation again would he behave in the same manner. The young man responded with a “yes”
and Wylie denounced him as a “very mean man.” Upon this declaration faculty members
Harney and Hall entered into the fray causing Wylie to lecture them in front of the
student body. Hall and Harney in turn denounced the president as a liar and spy.
The events surrounding the oration were in essence the final factor which brought about
the complete degeneration of an already failing relationship between the faculty members
and the president. Harney and Hall were at odds with Wylie over the new curriculum and
the methods used to teach it almost from the beginning of Wylie’s presidency.
Complicating the situation was the fact that Wylie was a rigid uncompromising man. The
power struggle ended with Wylie retaining his position and with Hall resigning and
Harney being dismissed.
Adding to the difficulties faced by the college was an outbreak of Asiatic cholera in
August 1833. The disease struck very quickly forcing people to flee from Bloomington by
whatever means they could manage. Classes were cancelled and the students sent home
after one of the students died of the disease. Classes did not resume until September
after the epidemic had run its course and the new faculty thought it safe for the
students to return.
Not long after the fires of the first scandal burned themselves out did another scandal
erupt. In 1838 the college became a university, and Wylie was re-elected president.
However, in 1839, William C. Foster, an officer of the board of trustees, brought
charges against Wylie accusing him of abuse of trust. After being investigated by the
members of the board of trustees Wylie was exonerated of the charges. In the end the
scandal cost the university three more professors and a drop in enrollment. During his
twenty-two year administration Wylie had to defend himself four times from charges
brought against him. He was cleared of any wrong doing each time.
Many of the problems of the fledgling university were grounded in the sectarianism that
pervaded the Bloomington community and the state government in general. Simply put, it
was the Presbyterians vs. the Methodists as was best exemplified by the “Faculty War of
1832.” With the exception of enrollment, no real growth occurred in the first 30 years
of the university’s existence until all of the perceived sectarians were either removed
or died. As a result of the political strife surrounding the university, talk swirled
between 1840 and 1850 of moving the university up to Indianapolis to a “more receptive
audience.” In 1841 the University Board of Trustees was disbanded, and the restriction
stating each county in Indiana could have no more than two members of their community
represented on the board at any one time was introduced. This restriction helped to end
the sectarianism or the “Bloomington Divide” which adversely affected the
university.
Andrew Wylie died on 11 November 1851 of pneumonia which he developed after accidentally
cutting his leg while chopping wood.
Family History:
Andrew Wylie married Margaret Ritchie (b.1791) in 1813, and they had
twelve children together: Andrew, William, Mary Ann, Craig Ritchie, Elizabeth, John
Hosea, Samuel, Margaret, Irene Catherine, Redick McKee, Anderson McElroy and Jane
Melheme. Margaret Ritchie Wylie died in 1859.
Andrew Wylie Jr. was born in 1814 in Pennsylvania, the eldest of Andrew and Margaret
Wylie’s children. He graduated from IU in 1832 with a BA and an MA. He studied law in
Kentucky and practiced in Pittsburg. He married Mary Caroline Bryan in 1845 and they had
three sons, only one of whom survived to adulthood. They moved to Washington D.C., and
Andrew pursued a long career in jurisprudence. He was appointed Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court in 1863 by President Lincoln and served in the position until his
retirement in 1884. He died in 1905.
William Wylie was the second Wylie child, born in 1816. He died of typhus during his
senior year at IU in 1835.
Mary Ann Wylie was Andrew and Margaret Wylie’s third child, born in 1817. She married
James Finley Dodds in 1838, and they had nine children. The first of these was (Rachel)
Emma, who married William W. Irwin. The next child was Samuel Wylie. He died in 1861
from disease in the Civil War. Mary Ann Dodds died in 1886, a mere two days after her
husband. They are buried in the same grave.
Craig Ritchie was born in 1819, the fourth of the Wylie children. He graduated from IU
in 1838 and taught school in Kentucky. He died of congestive fever in 1840.
Elizabeth Wylie was born in 1821 the next child after Craig Ritchie. She married John
McCalla in 1856, and they had one daughter, Mary Ballantine McCalla, in 1857. She died
in 1900.
John Hosea Wylie was born in 1823 in Pennsylvania. He was the sixth child of Andrew and
Margaret Wylie. He graduated from Indiana University in 1841 and from University of
Louisville medical school in 1845. He set up practice in Richmond, Indiana. He married
Lizzie Leeds in 1851, and they had one daughter, Irene. During the last few years of his
life, Wylie traveled to California, modern-day Washington and Oregon and the Sandwich
Islands (Hawaii) in hopes of recovering from his tuberculosis. He finally died on the
island of Kaui in March 1855. His wife died of consumption the next year back in
Bloomington. Irene Wylie was raised by her mother’s family.
Samuel Theophylact Wylie was the seventh of the Wylie children, born in 1825 in
Pennsylvania. He graduated from IU in 1843 and from IU’s Law Dept in 1845. He died of
typhoid fever in Cincinnati in 1850.
Margaret Wylie was born in 1826. She married Rev. Samuel Martin in 1849 and worked with
him as a missionary in Ningpo, China from 1850-1858. They also worked in Texas, Idaho,
Kansas and Nebraska. They had seven children, including Susan Louisa, later Susan
Martin, who was born in 1851. Margaret Wylie Martin died in 1898.
Irene Catherine Wylie was the ninth of the Wylie children, born in 1829. She married
Joseph Bell in 1849, and they had five children, two of whom died young. The three
surviving children were Margaret, Wylie, and Frances. Irene Wylie Bell died in 1878 due
to a fall from a carriage. Another prominent correspondent is Samuel Brown Wylie who was
born in 1854, the seventh of Theophilus and Rebecca Wylie’s children. He was the second
Samuel Brown in the family; his brother Samuel Brown died at the age of three in 1851.
Wylie married Sarah Seabrook Mitchell of Edisto Island, South Carolina, in 1876. Their
son was Theophilus A. Wylie. Samuel Brown Wylie died in 1890.
Redick McKee Wylie was born in 1831, the tenth of Andrew and Margaret Wylie’s children.
He graduated from IU in 1851 and worked as a farmer and as a merchant in Bloomington
with his brother-in-law John McCalla. He married Madeleine Thompson in 1870, and they
had four children. They were Jane, who married Harry Axtell, Redick Andrew, who married
Thana Winslow, Francis, who married Mary Grouch, and Madeleine, who married Lewis
Sentney. Redick Wylie Sr. died in December 1904.
Anderson McElroy Wylie was born in 1833, the eleventh of the twelve Wylie children. He
graduated from IU in 1852 and taught for three years in Philadelphia before attending
the Episcopal Seminary in Virginia. He was a preacher in the Episcopal Church and then
in the Presbyterian Church in New York and Massachusetts. He married Margaret Conklin in
1860, and they had four children. He died in 1892.
Jane Melheme Wylie was born in 1836, the youngest of Andrew Wylie’s children. She
attended the Monroe County Female Seminary and was an accomplished pianist. In 1860,
after her mother’s death, she traveled to Philadelphia, Wheeling and New York State, but
eventually returned to Bloomington and lived with her brother Redick. She suffered for
years from diabetes, but died of “congestive failure” in 1865.
Another prominent correspondent is Samuel Brown Wylie who was born in 1854, the seventh
of Theophilus and Rebecca Wylie’s children. He was the second Samuel Brown in the
family; his brother Samuel Brown died at the age of three in 1851. Wylie married Sarah
Seabrook Mitchell of Edisto Island, South Carolina, in 1876. Their son was Theophilus A.
Wylie. Samuel Brown Wylie died in 1890.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accessions 0286, 0748, 7075, 97/066, 99/047, and 99/061.
Usage Restrictions
Collection is in the public domain. For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Andrew Wylie papers, Collection C1, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Processing InformationProcessed by Kristen R. Walker; revised by Philip C. Bantin
Completed in 2003; revised
in 2006.
Scope and Content Note
This collection is comprised of the personal papers of Andrew Wylie, Indiana
University's first president and spans the period from 1808 to 1858, with the bulk of
the records from 1828-1851. There are five record series within the collection. All
series, except for the bill and receipts, are arranged and described at the item level.
All of the material has been arranged in chronological order within its representative
series. There are photocopies from other institutions scattered throughout the
collection. Most of these photocopies were collected around the time of the compilation
of
Affectionately Yours: The Andrew Wylie Family Letters, 1828 to
1859
, in 1995.
The first series, Jefferson and Washington College records, spans the period from
1814-1826, and contains documents created during Andrew Wylie's tenure as president of
Jefferson College and Washington College. A topic prominently feature in the records is
the attempted unification of both Jefferson and Washington Colleges. Included among the
records in this series are minutes of Jefferson College faculty meetings written by
Andrew Wyle, and a document written by Andrew Wylie describing the events resulting from
the attempts to consolidate Washington and Jefferson Colleges into one institution. Many
of the documents in this series are photocopies of originals housed at either the
Washington and Jefferson College Archives or the Jefferson College Historical Society.
The second series is comprised of the personal correspondence to and from Andrew Wylie
from the period 1815 to 1851. Included in this correspondence are numerous letters to
and from William Holmes McGuffey, the prominent educator who created the McGuffey
Readers, one of America’s first textbooks. There are also numerous letters to and from
family members, including most prominently his wife Margaret Ritchie Wylie, his sons
Samuel Theophylact Wylie and John H. Wylie, and Samuel Brown Wylie. Other correspondents
prominently featured in this series include John W. Scott and Henry A. Wise. This series
also includes typescripts of some of Andrew Wylie’s letters that were reprinted in
Affectionately Yours: The Andrew Wylie Family Letters, 1828 to
1859
, a 1995 publication by the staff of the Wylie House Museum. For
correspondence concerning Wylie's official duties as president please refer to
Collection C207.
The sermons, lectures, and writings of Andrew Wylie make up the third series, and span
the period from 1822 to 1851. The sermons and lectures represented here primarily deal
with Wylie's activities outside of his role as president of the university. Prominent
among the records within this series are sermons and lectures on a variety of religious
topics delivered primarily to audiences in Bloomington, Indianapolis or other sites in
Indiana. The series also include three sets of compilations of Andrew Wylie’s lectures
on metaphysics and moral philosophy. For Wylie’s presidential addresses and speeches
please refer to Collection C207.
The fourth series, Bills and receipts, covers the period from 1808 to 1846, and
primarily documents the expenditures incurred during the construction of Wylie House and
the running of the household once construction was completed. This series is arranged
chronologically, and is the only series in the collection that is not arranged and
described at the item level.
The Biographical records about Andrew Wylie series spans the period from 1825 to 1858,
and contains biographical sketches of Andrew Wylie or documents which relate to various
events in his life. Included in this series are the eulogy given by William Daly at the
funeral of Andrew Wylie, various resolutions or condolences written after the death of
Andrew Wylie, and Andrew Wylie’s final will and testament.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into five series: Jefferson and Washington Colleges'
records; Correspondence to and from Andrew Wylie; Sermons, lectures, and writings; Bills
and receipts; and Biographical records about Andrew Wylie.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online
catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the
catalog using these terms.
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Names
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Jefferson College
(Canonsburg, Pa.) --History --19th century --Sources.
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Washington College
(Washington, Pa.) --History --19th century --Sources.
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Indiana College
--History --Sources.
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Indiana University
--History --19th century --Sources.
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Wylie, Andrew,
1789-1851 --Archives.
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Wylie, Andrew,
1789-1851 --Correspondence.
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Wylie, Andrew,
1789-1851 --Friends and associates.
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McGuffey, William
Holmes, 1800-1873 --Correspondence.
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Wylie, Samuel B.
(Samuel Brown), 1773-1852 --Correspondence.
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Wylie, Margaret
Ritchie, 1791-1859 --Correspondence.
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Wylie, John Hosea,
1823-1855 --Correspondence.
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Separated Material
Correspondence between family members (not written to or from Andrew Wylie) has been
transferred to Collection C203. Records related directly to Wylie’s activities as
president of Indiana University have been transferred to Collection C207. Please consult
Archives staff about photographic images.
Related Material
See also Collection C207, Andrew Wylie presidential records, C202, Theophilus A. Wylie
papers, and C203, The Wylie family collection.
Series:
Correspondence to and from Andrew Wylie, 1815-1851,
undated
Box 1
American Antiquarian Society to Andrew Wylie, 16 July 1815
Regarding his induction into the Society.
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Bedford Academy to Andrew Wylie, 20 September 1815
Regarding becoming principal of the Academy.
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Thomas Hoge to Andrew Wylie, 27 March 1817
Regarding a superintendent position at Washington College.
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Washington College to Andrew Wylie, 1 May 1817
Regarding appointment as principal.
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Francis McFarland to Andrew Wylie, 6 November 1818
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 20 July 1821
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 9 July 1822
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 3 January 1823
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 26 June 1823
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 15 October 1823
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 18 March 1824
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 3 August 1824
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 30 August 1824
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Andrew Wylie to the Board of Trustees of Miami University, 22 February
1826
(Typescript from an unknown source.)
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 4 August 1826
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Andrew Wylie to unknown recipient, 31 January 1827 (?)
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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William Holmes McGuffey to Andrew Wylie, 23 February 1827
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 6 August 1827
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 8 November 1827
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 14 March 1828
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 2 April 1828
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 25 April 1828
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 20 May 1828
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American Education Society to Rev. Andrew Wylie, May 1828
Regarding membership
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 12 July 1828
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 23 August 1828
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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William Holmes McGuffey to Andrew Wylie, 23 August 1828
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 2 October 1828
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 13 November 1828
(Photocopy from the Washington and Jefferson College
Archives.)
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 9 January 1829
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William Holmes McGuffey to Andrew Wylie, 10 January 1829
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W.H. Delancey, Provost of University of Pennsylvania to Andrew Wylie,
28 February
1829
Regarding academic performance of his son.
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 13 March 1829
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 16 April 1829
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Andrew Wylie to Theophilus A. Wylie, 7 May 1829
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Andrew Wylie to Margaret Ritchie Wylie, 1 June 1829
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Andrew Wylie to Margaret Ritchie Wylie, 8 July 1829
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 29 September 1829
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 23 February 1830
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Andrew Wylie to Thomas McKennan, 10 September 1830
(Photocopy of original from the Washington County Historical
Society.)
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William Ritchie to Andrew Wylie, 22 June 1832
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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William Holmes McGuffey to Andrew Wylie, 29 August 1832
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 12 March 1833
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 23 October 1833
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Andrew Wylie to Margaret Ritchie Wylie, 24 June 1835
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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Andrew Wylie to Margaret Ritchie Wylie, 27 June 1835
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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Samuel Brown Wylie to Andrew Wylie, 28 September 1835
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 25 October 1835
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William Holmes McGuffey to Andrew Wylie, 5 September 1836
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 30 September 1836
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Andrew Wylie to Samuel Brown Wylie, 19 October 1836
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 22 November 1836
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S.B. Wylie to Andrew Wylie, 15 December 1836
Regarding Theophilus Wylie's interest in an appointment.
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J.W. Scott to Andrew Wylie, 22 December 1836
Regarding Oxford University in Miami, Ohio.
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Andrew Wylie to Samuel Brown Wylie, 28 December 1836
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Andrew Wylie to Samuel Brown Wylie, 25 January 1837
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Andrew Wylie to Samuel Brown Wylie, 16 February 1837
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Andrew Wylie to Samuel Brown Wylie, 10 March 1837
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Andrew Wylie to Margaret Ritchie Wylie, 5 May 1837
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William Holmes McGuffey to Andrew Wylie, 12 September 1837
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A.W. Rollins to Andrew Wylie, 25 September 1837
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 29 May 1838
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, September 1838
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John W. Scott to Andrew Wylie, 12 November 1838
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William Holmes McGuffey to Andrew Wylie, 1 February 1839
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James W. McKennan to Andrew Wylie, 6 February 1839
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, August 1839
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A.N.(?) Wylie to Andrew Wylie, 16 September 1839
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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William G. Elliot to Andrew Wylie, 18 October 1839
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John W. Scott to Andrew Wylie, 19 November 1839
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James Rollins to Andrew Wylie, 29 December 1839
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Thomas M. Allen to Andrew Wylie, 10 February 1840
Regarding University of Missouri Presidency.
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Andrew Wylie to Craig Wylie, son, 1 July 1840
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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To Andrew Wylie, 24 July 1840
Regarding the death of his son Craig.
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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John W. Scott to Andrew Wylie, 22 September 1840
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Jonathan Letherman to Andrew Wylie, 6 November 1840
Contains a memo from Abbie Harris Wylie.
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Andrew Wylie to Rev. J.B. Britton, 3 March 1841
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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Andrew Wylie to Rev. Bishop Kemper, 3 March 1841
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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Andrew Wylie and Benjamin Halsted to Bishop Kemper, 29 May 1842
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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Th. M.T. McKennan to Andrew Wylie, 13 August 1842
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Agreement between Andrew Wylie and Jesse Brandon, 7 April 1843
Regarding rental of printing press.
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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William Holmes McGuffey to Andrew Wylie, 4 November 1843
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 2 September 1845
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Andrew Wylie to Samuel Theophylact Wylie, 25 September 1845
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Bery O. Davis (?) to Andrew Wylie, 23 June 1846
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Andrew Wylie to Sam Wylie, 6 July 1846
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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Andrew Wylie to Sam Wylie, 21 February 1847
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George G. Dunn to Andrew Wylie, 19 November 1847
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Andrew Wylie to John H. Wylie, 1847
Regarding John's medical practice in Richmond.
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Andrew Wylie to Samuel Theophylact Wylie, 28 February 1848
(Photocopy of original owned by James and Marguerite Faber.)
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Andrew Wylie to John H. Wylie, 25 November 1848
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William Holmes McGuffey to Andrew Wylie, 5 September 1849
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Andrew Wylie, Jr. to Andrew Wylie, ca. 1840s-1850s
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Andrew Wylie to John H. Wylie, 2 January 1850
Includes a note from Elizabeth Wylie.
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Samuel Theophylact Wylie to Andrew Wylie, 19 September 1850
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Andrew Wylie to Margaret Ritchie Wylie, 22 September 1850
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John H. Wylie to Andrew Wylie, 4 December 1850
Regarding illness of Samuel Theophylact Wylie.
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John H. Wylie to Andrew Wylie, 10 December 1850
Regarding illness of Samuel Theophylact Wylie.
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John H. Wylie to Andrew Wylie, 22 December 1850
Regarding illness of Samuel Theophylact Wylie.
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Andrew Wylie to Margaret Ritchie Wylie, 27 December 1850
Regarding illness of their son Samuel Theophylact Wylie.
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John H. Wylie to father Andrew Wylie, 2 January 1851
Regarding death of Samuel Theophylact Wylie.
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Andrew Wylie to John H. Wylie, 4 January 1851
Regarding John's upcoming marriage.
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Andrew Wylie, Jr. to his parents Andrew and Margaret Ritchie Wylie,
5 January
1851
Regarding death of Samuel Theophylact Wylie.
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T.W. Wylie to Andrew Wylie, 13 January 1851
Regarding death of Samuel Theophylact Wylie.
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Andrew Wylie to John H. Wylie, 19 January 1851
Regarding death of Andrew's son Samuel Theophylact Wylie.
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William Holmes McGuffey to Andrew Wylie, 25 March 1851
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Andrew Wylie to John H. Wylie, 30 March 1851
Includes a portion of a letter from John G. Crain.
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Andrew Wylie to John H. Wylie, 7 May 1851
Regarding John's marriage.
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John H. Wylie to Andrew Wylie, 17 August 1851
Regarding Samuel Theophylact Wylie's estate.
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Samuel R. Johnson to Andrew Wylie, 1 October 1851
Regarding publication of book.
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Rev. S.B. Wylie to Andrew Wylie, 18 (?) February
18??
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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Andrew Wylie to William Holmes McGuffey, 20 April 18??
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Andrew Wylie to George Dunn, 13 November 18??
(Photocopy from the original in the Dunn Mss. housed in the Lilly
Library, Indiana University.)
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Unknown to Andrew Wylie, 17 Dec. 18??
(Fragment)
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Thom Peon (?) to Andrew Wylie, 18 Dec. 18??
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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William Holmes McGuffey to Andrew Wylie, undated
(Typescript – Fragment.)
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Series:
Jefferson and Washington Colleges' records, 1814-1826,
undated
Box 1
Faculty's Book of Records, Jefferson College, 1814-1826
Contains minutes of faculty meetings written by Andrew Wylie.
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Minutes of the Board of Trustees in connection with the Brown-Wylie
case, 1816-1817,
1819
(Photocopy from the original in the Washington and Jefferson College
Archives.)
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Francis H. Anderson to Rev. John McMulen, 22 April 1816
Regarding attempts to found a college in Washington County, Pennsylvania,
and its final establishment at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
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Letter of Rev. Matthew Brown, 4 September 1817
Provides a contemporary account of the Jefferson-Washington College War of
1817-1819.
(Photocopy from the original in the Jefferson College Historical
Society.)
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"Report of a Committee of the Board of Washington College Respecting
the Union of that College with Jefferson College. With an explanation of the
Wylie case," 24
October 1817
(Photocopy from the original in the Jefferson College Historical
Society.)
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George Fisher to Parker Camble, 30 October 1818
Regarding letter of introduction for William Jacobs.
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"Report of a Committee of the Board of Jefferson College in Answer to
the Publication of the Washington Board," 1818
Regarding unification of the two seminaries.
(Photocopy from an unknown source.)
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Letter to the Editor, 1819
From Rev. Matthew Brown regarding the Jefferson-Washington College War of
1817-1819.
(Photocopy of original in the Jefferson College Historical
Society.)
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Document written by Andrew Wylie regarding Jefferson College, undated
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Series:
Sermons, lectures, and writings, 1822-1851
"Praise to God for Independence,"
4 July
1823
A sermon delivered on the 4th of July, 1823, by the Rev. A Wylie.
(Photocopy of published version.)
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"The Duty of Being Happy," Phil. IV, 4 January 1826
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"The Sin of Dueling,"
April 1827
A sermon preached at Washington, PA.
(Published version, 1828.)
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"Godliness The Nation's Hope,"
4 July
1828
A sermon preached on the 4th of July, 1828 by the Reverend A. Wylie, D.D.
President of Washington College.
(Photocopy of published version.)
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An Address Delivered to the Graduates of Washington College, 25 September
1828
(Photocopy of published version from original in the Washington and
Jefferson College Archives.)
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"The Blessedness of the Pious Dead,"
12 April
1829
A sermon preached on the occasion of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Brady.
(Published version, 1829.)
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"Religion and State: Not Church and State,"
4 July
1830
A sermon on Psalm 11, 10-12, delivered, July Fourth 1830 in the hall of the
Indiana College.
(Published version.)
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"A Discourse Delivered Before the Indiana Historical
Society, In the Hall of the House of Representatives at its Annual Meeting, "
11 December
1831
(Published version.)
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"The Sabbath,"
13 October
1833
A sermon preached October 13, 1833 at Indianapolis.
(Published version, 1833.)
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"Of Matter and Space,"
6 January
1834
"Of Matter and Space" is noted as chapter 10. Also included are "Improvement
of Our Senses" (Chapter 11), and "Of the Falisy [sic] of the Senses"
(Chapter 12).
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Disertation [sic] 3rd (?), 4th & 5th, 21 January 1834
Disertation 3rd is a fragment.
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Evidences of Christianity, Lectures I-XI, 12-20 March
1834
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Sermon on the subject of the Union of Christians for the Conversion of
the World, 20 April
1834
Delivered in Madison, IA.
(Published version, 1834.)
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Synopsis of Rev. Wylie's Lectures, 27 June 1834
Title not in Wylie's hand.
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Admission of members to Presbyterian Church, 1833-1834
Also includes on back page some financial accounts for Indiana University
from the 1840s and 1850s
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"A Eulogy on Lafayette, "
9 May
1835
Delivered in Bloomington, Indiana on the ninth of May, 1835 at the request
of the citizens and students.
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"The Heavenly Citizen" and "Hope,"
1837
(Two sermons in one booklet.)
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Address on the Subject of Common School Education, 3 January 1837
Delivered before the Convention of the Friends of Education in Indianapolis,
January 3, 1837.
(Published version, 1837.)
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Address on the Importance and Best Method of Cultivating the Moral
Facilities, 26
December 1837
Delivered before the Education Convention of Indiana.
(Published version, 1838.)
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"Lecture on College Government" and "Valedictory, "
October
1838
Reproduced in the publication
Transactions of the
Eighth Annual Meeting of the Western Literary Institute and College of
Professional Teachers Held in Cincinnati, October, 1838,
p.
143-157, 244-250, (Published in 1839).
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"Love the Great Principle of the Law, Matth XXII.
23.6"
18 November
1839
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Untitled Sermon, ca. 1830s
Regarding music and worship.
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"Address to the Citizens of Monroe County and to the
Members of the County Lyceum,"
4 July
1840
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The Extra Equator, (Vol. 1, No. 1, 1840),
July
1840
Contains Andrew Wylie's "Address to the Citizens
of Monroe County and to the Members of the County Lyceum,"
(Photocopy)
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"Sectarianism is Heresy in three parts, in Which are
Shewn Its Nature, Evils, and Remedy, "
1840
(Published version, May 1841.)
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Box 2
Lectures on Metaphysics, 1841-1842
Delivered by Dr. Wylie Pres. of Indiana University and compiled by James
Woodburn.
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"Reverence Due in the Worship of God, Exodus, 111:5, "
August 1842
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Lectures on Moral Philosophy,
9 August
1846
Delivered by Andrew Wylie of Indiana University and compiled by Davies
Battertone, Class of 1847.
Gift of Batterton's grandson, Walter B. Lowe, May 1961. ("Gifts-Prospective, 1960-1961" file, Collection C213.236).
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"Evidences of Christianity,"
3
January 1851-29 February [i.e. March 1?] 1851
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Lectures on Sacred History, 8-21 May 1851
Delivered by Andrew Wylie, written by John C. McCollough
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"Dear Jenny,"
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Probably in honor of Jane Melheme Wylie; signed "C."
Composed by Andrew Wylie?
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"Extravagance,"
undated
Written by Andrew Wylie?
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Moral Philosophy, undated
Lectures given by Andrew Wylie but not written is his hand.
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"No Sects in Heaven,"
undated
Written by Andrew Wylie?
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Box 3
"Notes,"
undated
Verso contains an article of agreement between John McDonald and James F.
Dodds for supplying bricks to build Dodds's home, dated Jan. 19, 1836.
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"The obligation, or sanction of virtue..."
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Missing pages 1-4.
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"The Regeneration of the World, No. 1,"
undated
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"A Syllabus of Lectures on Metaphysics,"
undated
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Series:
Bills and receipts, 1808-1846 , undated
Series:
Biographical records about Andrew Wylie, 1825-1858,
undated
Box 3
Notice that Andrew Wylie received an Honorary Degree from Union
College, Schenectady, New York, 27 July 1825
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Agreement regarding the building of house for Andrew Wylie, 26 January 1835
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"The Testimony of Jesus, A Sermon Preached in St. Paul’s Church, New
Albany, Indiana at the Ordination of Rev. Andrew Wylie," by Samuel R. Johnson,
1841
(Published version, May 1842.)
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Document admitting Andrew Wylie to the "Sacred Order Of Priests" of the
Episcopal Church, signed by Bishop Jackson Kemper, 30 May 1842
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"Funeral Discourse Delivered in the University Chapel…Over the Remains
of the Late Rev. Andrew Wylie" by Rev. William M. Daily, 13 November
1851
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Resolutions of condolence on the death of President Andrew Wylie,
12 April
1852
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Resolution drawn up by the Convention of the Indiana Diocese on the
Death of Andrew Wylie, 28 May 1852
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Final Will and Testament of Andrew Wylie, 17 August 1852
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"Address on the Life and Character of Andrew Wylie, D.D." by Theophilus
Parvin, M.D., ca. 1858
(Published version, May 1858.)
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"Andrew Wylie, College President," paper by Raymond Martin Bell,
undated
(Photocopy of an original at The Historical Society to Western
Pennsylvania.)
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Biographical Information on Andrew Wylie, undated
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Biographical Sketch of Andrew Wylie written by A. (Anderson) W. Wylie,
undated
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Poem for "Dr. Wylie" from West Point Cadet, Jason W. Metcalf, undated
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