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John Marinus Vander Meulen of Wisconsin, an 1891 graduate of Hope College, sits for a portrait.

On verso: "Given me by Rev. J. M. Peck D. D.; M. Brayman: Signature from letter to E. Rodgers. Jany 1, 1843"

John Mason Peck was a Baptist missionary in Illinois and Missouri, an anti-slavery advocate, author, educator, and founder of the Rock Spring Seminary. The seminary relocated to Alton in the 1830s and changed its name to Shurtleff College in 1836 to…