Lorenzo Warriner Pease papers, 1811 -- 1896

Creator:
Pease, Lorenzo Warriner
Abstract:
Lorenzo Warriner Pease was a Presbyterian missionary in Cyprus. The collection contains diaries and correspondence by Pease and his family, sermons, essays and notes, linguistic manuals, and studies, as well as surrogate photocopies of some collection material.
Extent:
3 linear feet 3 linear feet; 7 boxes
Language:
English , Greek, Modern (1453-) .
Scope and content:

This collection contains diaries written by Pease and by members of his family including his mother Persis Chapin Pease, his daughter Sarah Ann Pease Wadsworth, and his wife Lucinda Leonard Pease; letters from Pease and his family during his time as a missionary as well as from after his death; sermons, essays, notebooks, and research by Pease; as well as surrogate photocopies of some collection material.

Biographical / historical:

Lorenzo Warriner Pease was born May 20, 1809 in Hinsdale, Massachusetts to parents Erastus and Persis (Chapin) Pease. Lorenzo attended Hamilton College and graduated in 1828. He also attended Auburn Theological Seminary from 1830 to 1833 and Andover Theological Seminary in 1834. In 1834, Pease was ordained a missionary in Auburn at the First Presbyterian Church; appointed by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM); and married Lucinda Leonard of Auburn. Less than a month after their wedding, the couple set sail for Cyprus, arriving on the island in November 1834. Lorenzo stayed in Cyprus for the rest of his life, traveling extensively throughout the area. In the final entry in the last diary, Lorenzo wrote, "Today I have been attacked with a slight fever, which I am endeavoring to subdue by fasting." Lorenzo died five days later of typhoid fever on August 28, 1839 in Larnaca, Cyprus and was buried in Scala with two previously deceased children. He was survived by his wife and two daughters, Sarah Ann and Harriet Maria, who all returned to America in 1840.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

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Preferred citation:

Item description, MRL 2: Lorenzo Warriner Pease papers, 1811-1896, series #, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.

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