Record of Wisconsin Freewill Baptist Donors in Establishing Hillsdale College, Michigan, 1852-1853
In 1852 and1853, Michigan's Rev. Ransom Dunn visited Freewill Baptist quarterly meetings in Wisconsin, Iowa's yearly meeting and both the quarterly and yearly meetings in Illinois to raise funds for the creation of a Freewill college at Hillsdale, Michigan. Donor records in the archives of Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan identify Dunn's "subscribers" by name, residence and amount pledged.
Dunn's fundraising record sheets for Wisconsin include quarterly meetings in Fond du Lac, Marquette, Wolf River, Sauk County, Rock and Dane, Honey Creek and LaFayette.
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| Subscribers | Residence | Sum |
Secured |
Interest |
Agents Per Cent |
| Rev. F. H. Partridge | Butte des Morts Winnebago Co. | $100. |
$100. |
$7.00 |
$10.00 |
| Mrs. F. H. Partridge | Butte des Morts Winnebago Co. South Royalton Vt. |
25. |
25. |
1.75 |
2.50 |
| Silas M. Allen | Butte des Morts Winnebago Co. | 100. |
100. |
7.00 |
10.00 |
| Mrs. S. M. Allen | Butte des Morts Winnebago Co | 25. |
25. |
1.75 |
2.50 |
| Ira Whipple | Butte des Morts Winnebago Co | 100. |
100. |
7.00 |
10.00 |
| Mrs. Ira Whipple | Butte des Morts Winnebago Co | 50. |
50. |
3/50 |
5.00 |
| Geo. Hubbard* | Butte des Morts Winnebago Co | 200. |
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| Jonathan Biwirth [?] | Butte des Morts Winnebago Co | 100. |
7.00 |
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| Wm. N. Berry [?] | Butte des Morts Winnebago Co | 100. |
100. |
10.00 |
|
| Philip Haber | Butte des Morts Winnebago Co | 100. |
100. |
7.00 |
10.00 |
| Shadrach Doty | Butte des Morts Winnebago Co | 100. |
100. |
10.00 |
|
| Chas. H. Service | Butte des Morts Winnebago Co | 100. |
100. |
7.00 |
10.00 |
| Washington Manuel | Butte des Morts Winnebago Co | 100. |
100. |
10.00 |
|
| John Axtel | Butte des Morts Winnebago Co | 100. |
100. |
10.00 |
|
| Oren Fuller | Berlin Marquette Co. | 100. |
100. |
7.00 |
10.00 |
| Nathl. Harran | Berlin Marquette Co. | 100. |
100. |
7.00 |
10.00 |
| James G. Tusten | Berlin Marquette Co | 100. |
7.00 |
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| Rev. J. J. Wakefield | Fairwater Marquette Co. [FdL Co.] | 100. |
100. |
14.00 |
10.00 |
| C. D. Rumsey | Fairwater Marquette Co. [FdL Co.] | 100. |
100. |
10.00 |
|
| A. H. Sutton | Fairwater Marquette Co. [FdL Co.] | 100. |
100. |
10.00 |
|
| R. M. Harwood | Fairwater Marquette Co. [FdL Co.] | 100. |
100. |
7.00 |
10.00 |
| A. P. Jackson | Fairwater Marquette Co. [FdL Co.] | 100. |
100. |
10.00 |
|
| Daniel Sanborn | Kingsville Marquette Co. | 100. |
. |
10.00 |
|
| Rev. W. Whiting | Springvale Marquette Co. [FdL Co.?] | 100. |
7.00 |
7.00 |
|
| Tilley Tibbets | Oshkosh Winnebago Co. | 100. |
7.00 |
7.00 |
|
| L. L. Sweet | Harrisville Marquette Co. | 100. |
7.00 |
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| W. A. Stebbins | Harrisville Marquette Co. | 100. |
100. |
10.00 |
|
| DW. Gibson | Harrisville Marquette Co. | 100. |
100. |
10.00 |
|
| F. M. Weeks | Harrisville Marquette Co. | 100. |
100. |
10.00 |
|
| Warren Jones | Waupun, Fond du Lac Co. | 100. |
100. |
7.00 |
10.00 |
| Issac Jackson | Oshkosh Winnebago Co. | 100. |
7.00 |
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| Walter Ross [?] | Omro Winnebago Co. | 50. |
3.50 |
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| Wm. R. Manning | Berlin Marquette Co. | 50. |
3.50 |
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| John M. Mil[l]igan | Fairwater Marquette Co. [FdL Co.] | 100. |
100. |
5.00 |
10.00 |
| James Huntington | Fairwater Marquette Co. [FdL Co.] | 100. |
100. |
10.00 |
|
| W. B. Clough | Portage city Columbia Co. | 100. |
7.00 |
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| Rev. S. Cummings | Berlin Marquette Co. | 100. |
7.00 |
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| 3500. |
2300. |
96.00 |
290.00 |
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| * Dead and probably lost. |
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