Student essay composed by Edmund Toppan, 1795
| Contribuinte(s) |
Norton, Charles Eliot , 1827-1908 (donor.) |
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| Data(s) |
1795
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| Resumo |
Four-page handwritten student essay composed in English by Edmund Toppan as a Harvard undergraduate. The verso of the last page is inscribed "Toppan June 22'd 1795." The essay is titled with a quote from Horace: "Qui non moderabitur irae, Infectum volet esse, dolor quod suaserit et mens." The essay discusses the destructive force of uncontrolled passion and begins, "Last evening, having a very disagreeable head-ache, I early retired to bed." Title supplied by cataloger. Item received January 19, 1923 from the library of Professor Charles Eliot Norton. Edmund Toppan (1777-1849), a Massachusetts lawyer, was born on September 25, 1777. He received an AB from Harvard in 1796 and an AM in 1799. He practice law in Deerfield and Hampton, Mass., and served in the state legislature and as a postmaster. Toppan died on July 29, 1849. |
| Formato |
4 p. ; 24 cm. .03 cubic feet (1 folder) |
| Identificador |
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:14028585 http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/50402985?width=150&height=150&usethumb=y http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:14028585 http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/prod/cna/9706973 |
| Idioma(s) |
eng |
| Publicador |
Harvard University Archives |
| Palavras-Chave | #Conduct of life--Early works to 1800 #Friendship--Early works to 1800 #Harvard University--Curricula #Harvard College (1780- ).--Class of 1796. |
| Tipo |
Harvard students' essays. |
