Primary Source • Presbyterian Correspondence • Hanover College

Rev. David Monfort to Rev. John Finley Crowe

1846 • Hanover College manuscript

This surviving manuscript preserves David Monfort's own handwriting and signature in correspondence with Rev. John Finley Crowe at South Hanover, Indiana. The letter discusses Hanover College, Synod action, Presbyterian institutional affairs, and the future of the college. The exact day and month are still being verified, so this source page identifies the document conservatively as an 1846 letter.

Why This Document Matters

The letter provides direct primary evidence that David Monfort was personally connected to Crowe and to Hanover's Presbyterian institutional network. That connection is especially useful alongside David McDill's 1846 correspondence with Crowe and Thomas Ebenezer Thomas's later presidency of Hanover College.

Evidence boundary: The document is important Presbyterian network evidence, but nothing in the currently reviewed pages establishes Underground Railroad activity.

Manuscript page from David Monfort's 1846 letter to John Finley Crowe — Manuscript scan 1.

Address side of David Monfort's 1846 letter to John Finley Crowe — Address and reverse side.

Signed manuscript page from David Monfort's 1846 letter — Signed manuscript scan showing David Monfort's closing and signature.

Research Classification

Direct primary-source evidence: David Monfort's handwriting and signature; correspondence with John Finley Crowe; Hanover College and Presbyterian institutional network.

Current citation status: Hanover College manuscript, 1846. Collection-level and item-level citation details will be added once the archive catalog record is verified.

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