An oration delivered at the request of the PBK society, at Cambridge. 1790
| Contribuinte(s) |
Emerson, Benjamin Kendall , 1843-1932 (donor.) Phi Beta Kappa Massachusetts Alpha (Harvard University) |
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| Data(s) |
1790
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| Resumo |
This small paper notebook contains a sixteen-page handwritten copy of an oration on "amiable and useful virtues" delivered by Phi Beta Kappa member Thomas W. Hooper (1771-1816; Harvard AB 1789) during the anniversary meeting of the Alpha Chapter at Harvard University on September 1, 1790. By Thomas W. Hooper. This item was donated to the Harvard College Library on July 29, 1926, by B. K. Emerson of Amherst, Massachusetts. Title transcribed from the first page of text. Item bound in blue-and-white floral wallpaper covers. Thomas Woodbridge Hooper (1771-1816; Harvard AB 1789) was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1771. He became a member of Phi Beta Kappa in May 1787 and received an AB from Harvard in 1789 and an AM in 1792. Hooper returned to Newburyport where he was a ship's captain and later served as a naval officer. Hooper died in 1816 in the West Indies. Additional materials related to the Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard University can be found in the Records of Phi Beta Kappa, 1779- (Call number: HUD 3684.xxx) in the Harvard University Archives. |
| Formato |
.01 cubic feet (1 volume) pp. (16) 24to. |
| Identificador |
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:10870445 http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/46422794?width=150&height=150&usethumb=y http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:10870445 http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/prod/cna/5733709 |
| Idioma(s) |
eng |
| Publicador |
Harvard University Archives |
| Relação |
Records of the Phi Beta Kappa Alpha of Massachusetts, Iota of Massachusetts, and Alpha Iota of Massachusetts chapters |
| Palavras-Chave | #Phi Beta Kappa.--Massachusetts Alpha (Harvard University) #Phi Beta Kappa addresses #Harvard University--Students--Societies, etc #Oratory--Students--18th century--Sources |
| Tipo |
Orations-Massachusetts-18th century. Academic addresses,-1790. |
