On freedom : commencement essay, 1793
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1793
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| Resumo |
Four-page handwritten essay titled "On Freedom" composed by graduate Joseph Stowers for the July 17, 1793 Harvard University Commencement. The essay begins, "Freedom alone constitutes the happiness of the human race..." The item was originally cataloged as "Commencement Essays, 1793" (call number: HUC 6793) with additional essays by Ward Cotton (HUM 71), Samuel Farrar (HUM 73), and an unattributed author (HUM 70). Joseph Stowers (1773-1851), a local official of Chelsea, Mass., was born on November 10, 1773 in Chelsea. He received an AB from Harvard in 1793 and an AM in 1796. He served as justice of the peace, town clerk, town-treasurer, selectman, and representative in Chelsea. Stowers died on August 31, 1851. |
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.01 cubic feet (1 folder) |
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http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:14028597 http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/50403046?width=150&height=150&usethumb=y http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:14028597 http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/prod/cna/12657332 |
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eng |
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Harvard University Archives |
| Palavras-Chave | #Commencement ceremonies--Massachusetts--Cambridge--History--18th century #Harvard University--History--18th century #Oratory--Students--18th century--Sources #Harvard College (1636-1780).--Class of 1793. #Baccalaureate addresses--Harvard College (1636-1780)--18th century #Education, Higher--Massachusetts |
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Orations-Massachusetts-18th century. |
