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Elihu W. (Elihu Whittlesey) Baldwin
1789–1840
A Presbyterian minister, educator, and early college leader, he helped shape Wabash College in its difficult first years on the American frontier. His surviving works include sermons, moral tales, and educational addresses aimed at faith, character, and young readers.
1 Audiobook
The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827 Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers, Sermons XXVI. and XXVII.
by Elihu W. (Elihu Whittlesey) Baldwin, Aaron W. (Aaron Whitney) Leland
About the author
Born in Durham, New York, on December 25, 1789, Elihu Whittlesey Baldwin studied at Yale and later at Andover Theological Seminary before entering the Presbyterian ministry. He became known as a thoughtful preacher and teacher, and his writing reflects those same interests: religious instruction, moral reform, and the education of the young.
Baldwin served churches in the East before moving west, where he became the first president of Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1835. Leading a young college on the frontier was demanding work, and he is remembered as one of the people who helped give the school its early direction and seriousness of purpose.
His published work includes sermons, addresses, and shorter pieces such as The Young Freethinker Reclaimed and The Five Apprentices. He died in Crawfordsville on October 15, 1840, but he remains part of the early story of American Presbyterian education and the founding years of Wabash College.