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12. William C. Gannett to John W. Chadwick, October 31, 1870, from the William C. Gannett Collection, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York (hereafter cited WCG).

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29. Frederick L. Hosmer to William C. Gannett, July 5, 1884, WCG.

30. John C. Learned to Frederick L. Hosmer, May 23, 1884, WCG.

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62. Frederick L. Hosmer to Samuel J. Barrows. May 22, 1886, WCG.

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66. William C. Gannett to Samuel J. Barrows, May 21, [1886], WCG. See also Gannett to John W. Chadwick, May 26, WCG.

67. William C. Gannett to Samuel J. Barrows, June 4 and 12, 1886, WCG.

68. William C. Gannett to Samuel J. Barrows, June 4, 1886. See also draft copy, William C. Gannett to Samuel Greeley, June 15, 1886, WCG.

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77. This was the gist of a resolution to be presented by the middle-roaders at the forthcoming convention. T. B. Forbush to Howard N. Brown, March 7, 1887, HNB.

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79. John C. Learned to William C. Gannett, April 19, 1887, WCG.

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84. Samuel J. Barrows to William C. Gannett, March 19, 1887, WCG.

85. Draft copy, William C. Gannett to Samuel J. Barrows, March 15, 1887, WCG.

86. William C. Gannett to Mary T. Lewis, May 1, 1887, LSG.

87. William C. Gannett to Mary T. Lewis, May 1, 1887, LSG. Sylvan S. Hunting thought that there was “little hope of union.” See [Mrs.] C. T. Cole to William C. Gannett, May 2, 1887, WCG.

88. William C. Gannett to Sylvan S. Hunting [missent to W. R. Cole and returned to Gannett], May 11, 1887, WCG.

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95. William C. Gannett to Jenkin Lloyd Jones, April 23, 1889, WCG.

96. William C. Gannett to Jenkin Lloyd Jones, November 23, 1889, WCG.

97. From a printed preliminary brochure, dated September 18, 1890, and issued by J. H. Crooker, WCC.

98. John Effinger to William C. Gannett, September 2, 1890, WCG.

99. William C. Gannett to Jenkin Lloyd Jones, November 8, 1890, WCG. Gannett held the A.U.A. largely responsible for the impasse reached by 1890 because of its sympathy toward the W.U.A. and because of its hesitation and procrastination.

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101. William C. Gannett to Howard N. Brown, March 28, 1891, HNB.

102. William C. Gannett to Howard N. Brown, March 28, 1891, HNB.

103. William C. Gannett to Frederick L. Hosmer, December 19, 1892, WCG. FLH is Hosmer, at the time Western Conference Secretary; GW is George W. Fox, Assistant Secretary of the A.U.A.; JLJ is Jenkin Lloyd Jones.

104. William C. Gannett to Samuel J. Barrows, August 2, 1891, WCG.

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109. William C. Gannett to Frederick L. Hosmer, April 24, 1893, WCG.

110. William C. Gannett to Frederick L. Hosmer, June 11 and 25, 1892, WCG. Gannett, however, did not drop out of the Conference; William C. Gannett to Jonkia Lloyd Jones, September 8, 1892, WCG.

111. William C. Gannett to Jenkin Lloyd Jones, January 20, 1893, WCG. In this same letter Gannett also wrote “You will try to convert the Conf. back to the higher position: my part is comparatively a small matter, but I shall simply accept the verdict & withdraw. I fought for the Conference while it stood for that 1886 position; I am not going to fight against the Conference even for the position,— there are other ways of serving that.” Jones, however, never accepted the verdict, and this was the beginning of the theological break between him and Gannett.

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