"A competence is vital to content; Much wealth is corpulence, if not disease" (manuscript essay), 1799 March 30
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31/12/1969
31/12/1969
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| Resumo |
Three-page handwritten essay in English by Buckminster with a story about a wealthy young Englishman named Francis who discovers that money is not the source of happiness. The essay is titled with a quote from Edward Young's poem, "The Complaint." Buckminster's essay begins, "Francis was the son of a rich English nobleman." |
| Identificador |
HUC 8799.386.10 Box 1, Folder 3 http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/51126478?width=150&height=150&usethumb=y http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:16084461 http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/prod/cna/hua12011c00003 |
| Publicador |
Harvard University Archives |
| Relação |
Harvard University Archives: Student essays of Joseph Stevens Buckminster, 1798-1799 |
| Direitos |
The student essays are open for research. |
