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August 6, 1844

The first convention to consider organizing a college met in the old stone church, Beloit. (Three other passages date it August 7, 1844.)

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BeloitAugust 6, 1844

The first convention to consider organizing a college met in the old stone church, Beloit. (Three other passages date it August 7, 1844.)

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August 6, 1844, that meeting convened in the old stone church, Beloit. Four came from Iowa, twenty-seven from Illinois, twenty-five from Wisconsin—in all, fifty-six delegates.

Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.Vol. 1, PDF p. 327 / book p. 300

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As early as 1844, only two years after the town of Beloit had been recognised by the Territorial Legislature, the idea of establishing a college for the northwest in Beloit, was agitated. Three years afterwards, in 1847, the corner stone of the first college edifice was laid under the auspices of the Congregational and Presbyterian denominations.

Chicago Magazine: The West As It Is, vol. 1, no. 1, Mar. 1857. Chicago: John Gager & Co. for the Chicago Mechanics' Institute. The Internet Archive, archive.org/details/chicagomagazinew01chic.PDF p. 92 / book p. 78

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e is light and hope in what he says. A hand from the East will be stretched out to help on the establishment of genuine Christian colleges, judiciously located here and there in the West. Peet seizes on the gleam of encouragement, his uttered thoughts kindle enthusiasm and hope in the rest. There is an earnest consultation — there is a fervent prayer — there is a settled purpose and Beloit College is a living conception.” The men set to work. On August 6, 1844, ministers and educators from Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin Territory, met at Beloit’s Congregational Church to discuss the founding of colleges, including establishing one in Iowa and both a college and female seminary near the Illinois and Wisconsin border. Over the next year and a half, they sponsored three more conventions. At the third, held in May of 1845, 68 of 69 attendees voted to establish a college at Beloit. Then, at the convention in October, they created a Board of Trustees. As their long-held dream took shape, Beloiters felt a palpable enthusiasm. Beloit College now existed, but without a site, without a faculty, and without students. The Trustees, however, were determined: “By the b

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BeloitA

August 6, 1844

The first convention to consider organizing a college met in the old stone church, Beloit. (Three other passages date it August 7, 1844.)

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BeloitAugust 6, 1844

The first convention to consider organizing a college met in the old stone church, Beloit. (Three other passages date it August 7, 1844.)

A 3 independent sources

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

August 6, 1844, that meeting convened in the old stone church, Beloit. Four came from Iowa, twenty-seven from Illinois, twenty-five from Wisconsin—in all, fifty-six delegates.

2AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

As early as 1844, only two years after the town of Beloit had been recognised by the Territorial Legislature, the idea of establishing a college for the northwest in Beloit, was agitated. Three years afterwards, in 1847, the corner stone of the first college edifice was laid under the auspices of the Congregational and Presbyterian denominations.

3BInstitutional web page

e is light and hope in what he says. A hand from the East will be stretched out to help on the establishment of genuine Christian colleges, judiciously located here and there in the West. Peet seizes on the gleam of encouragement, his uttered thoughts kindle enthusiasm and hope in the rest. There is an earnest consultation — there is a fervent prayer — there is a settled purpose and Beloit College is a living conception.” The men set to work. On August 6, 1844, ministers and educators from Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin Territory, met at Beloit’s Congregational Church to discuss the founding of colleges, including establishing one in Iowa and both a college and female seminary near the Illinois and Wisconsin border. Over the next year and a half, they sponsored three more conventions. At the third, held in May of 1845, 68 of 69 attendees voted to establish a college at Beloit. Then, at the convention in October, they created a Board of Trustees. As their long-held dream took shape, Beloiters felt a palpable enthusiasm. Beloit College now existed, but without a site, without a faculty, and without students. The Trustees, however, were determined: “By the b

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