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Correspondence between Capt. Jonas Cook and Rev. Z. W. Bedenbaugh, 1891

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TITLE:
Letter from Capt. Jonas Cook to Rev. Z. W. Bedenbaugh

SUBJECT:
Correspondence

DESCRIPTION:
Hand-written announcement of Bedenbaugh’s election as Principal of Mont Amoena Female Seminary.

CREATOR:
Capt. Jonas Cook, Mt. Pleasant, North Carolna

SOURCE:
Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum, Mt. Pleasant, NC

DATE CREATED:
Undated, first quarter, 1891

RIGHTS:
Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum, Mt. Pleasant, NC

Collection
Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum, Mt. Pleasant, NC

FORMAT
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SPATIAL COVERAGE
United States

SOURCE INSTITUTION
http://www.ecshmuseum.org

TRANSCRIPTION:
Mount Pleasant,
Cabarrus Co., N. C.

Rev. Z. W. Bedenbaugh,

Dr. Sir & Bro.:
It is my pleasure to officially inform you that at a recent meeting of the Board of Trustees of Mont Amoena Female Seminary, at this place, you were unanimously elected Principal of said Seminary. The conditions of the call are as follows, Viz: You are to furnish, employ teachers, and have entire control of the institution, subject to the approval of the Board, and to pay to the treasurer of said Board one hundred dollars ($100) annually – the Board assuming no responsibilities. It was in the mind of the Board, when you were elected, that the church in this place (Holy Trinity E. L. Church) would also extend to you a call to become its pastor. (Waiting for an action of the church explains the course of the delay of this letter). I regret to say that the church has its eye upon another man and therfore the call from said church is not extended.

With the same mail of this letter I send to you the last catalogue, for your information.

Very truly yours
Jonas Cook, Sec.
B. T. Mont. A. F. S. [Board of Trustees, Mont Amoena Female Seminary]

P.S.
It will cost something like $80000 to furnish the Seminary and you would need to employ at least two (2) assistants and a Music & Art teacher.
____________

RESPONSE

TITLE:
Letter from Rev. Z. W. Bedenbaugh to Capt. Jonas Cook

SUBJECT:
Correspondence

DESCRIPTION:
Hand-written response to being elected Principal of Mont Amoena Female Seminary. He declined the position.

CREATOR:
Rev. Zaccheus Wright Bedenbaugh, Newberry, South Carolina

SOURCE:
Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum, Mt. Pleasant, NC

DATE CREATED:
June 3, 1891, Prosperity, South Carolina

RIGHTS:
Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum, Mt. Pleasant, NC

Collection
Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum, Mt. Pleasant, NC

FORMAT
jpeg

SPATIAL COVERAGE
United States

SOURCE INSTITUTION
http://www.ecshmuseum.org

TRANSCRIPTION:
Prosperity, S. C. June 3rd, 1891

Capt. Jonas Cook
Secty. B. Trustees M. A. F. S.
[Secretary, Board of Trustees Mont Amoena Female Seminary]

Dear Sir & Bro.: – I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter informing me of the action of the Board of Trustees of Mt. Amoena Female Seminary in electing me Principal of said institution. Since the reception of your very kind and fraternal letter, I have had the matter under serious and prayerful consideration, that I might know His will and my duty in this matter. It is a source of great satisfaction to me to know of the confidence and esteem of the Board of Trustees of Mt. Amoena F. Seminary, and a matter of much regret that I cannot see my way clear to accept the position so kindly offered me. Various reasons have influnece [sic] me in my decision, not the least of which is that I believe it necessary for the perpetuity and success of the institution that a man better qualified in every way for the work be called, and not from any lack of interest in the in the Seminary or unwillingness to take up distinctive Church work I beg that you communicate my decission [sic] to the Board, and express to them my sincere thanks and appreciation of their kindness and confidence. With best wishes and many prayers for the success of Mt. Amoena F. Seminary,

I remain yours in Christ,
Z. W. Bedenbaugh

A Sad Death

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Ludwig, Julia -Daily_Concord_Standard_Wed__Oct_5__1898_

Concord Daily Standard (Concord, North Carolina) 5 Oct 1898. Click image to enlarge.

TITLE:
A Sad Death

SUBJECT:
Students

DESCRIPTION:
Newspaper article reporting death involving former Mont Amoena student Julia Ludwig (Class of 1895)

CREATOR:
Staff writer

SOURCE:
Daily Concord Standard (Concord, Cabarrus County, NC). 5 Oct 1898

DATE:
1800s

DATE AVAILABLE:
19th century

DATE CREATED:
5 Oct 1898

RIGHTS:
Rights reserved by the source institution.

FORMAT
Newspaper Article

SPATIAL COVERAGE
United States–North Carolina

SOURCE INSTITUTION
http://www.Newspapers.com

CITATION:
Staff Writer, “A Sad Death,” Mont Amoena: Educating the Young Ladies of Cabarrus Couunty 1859-1927, accessed April 4, 2015, https://montamoena.org/2015/01/03/one-instantly-killed/

TRANSCRIPTION:
Concord Daily Standard (Concord, North Carolina)
5 Oct 1898, p. 1

A SAD DEATH

Of One of Rowan County’s most Esteemed Young Ladies — Blessed With an Exceptional Mind and a True Worker for Her Master.

The following account of the death of Miss Julia Ludwig, who is known in this county and who has a number of relatives also in our county, has been handed us by the pastor of the young lady, Rev. V R Stickley.

“In Rowan county on October 2nd, 1898, Miss Julia Ludwig, in the 22nd year of her age, died. In infancy she was dedicated to God in the Holy Baptism, and on the 29th of March, 1891, with a large class of catechumens she was received into the full communion of St. Enoch’s Lutheran church by the holy rite of confirmation and adorned her profession with a consistent life until the summons came ‘come up higher.”

She was blessed with a bright mind and her father gave her an opportunity to improve it. She was a graduate of Enochville High School and Mot. Amoena Seminary at Mt. Pleasant and was valedictorian of her class. She taught two years very satisfactorily in the public school and was loved by all her pupils. She had arranged to attend Elizabeth college this session.

The first of July she was taken with typhoid fever, and for thirteen weeks she was confined to her bed. With the very best of nursing and skill of physicians her body yielded to the disease and on the above date she entered into the “rest prepared for the children of God.”

During this long suffering she was never heard to utter a word of complaint or murmur — bore it all patiently — and when her friends would visit her she would greet them with a smile. She enjoyed the visits and service of her pastor.

On the day after her death the funeral services were conducted in the presence of a large concourse of people. The sermon was preached by her pastor from the words “She is not dead but sleepeth,” after which her body was laid to rest in the graveyard of Prospect church by the side of her mother and sister to wait the resurrection.