An oration upon genius : Commencement address, 1797

Sixteen-page paper notebook containing a handwritten copy of an essay titled "An Oration upon Genius" composed by AM candidate Joseph Perkins for the 1797 Harvard Commencement. The verso of the last page contains the handwritten title: "Oration on Genius first Copy. July 17th Commencement 1797." The essay discusses themes of republicanism and education and begins, "To mark the peculiar operation of liberty on mental exertion and improvement..."

Student poem composed by Joseph Story, 1796

Four-page handwritten poem composed in English by Joseph Story as a Harvard undergraduate. The verso of the last page is inscribed "Story's 1796." The poem contains classical allusions and is titled with the quote: "Aut Caeusar, aut nullus." The poem begins, "In elder climes, ere science' mystic page / Gave light unfolded to a barbarous age..." The poem ends with verse about George Washington. The text includes edits and struck-through words.

Student lecture notes of Benjamin Peirce, 1797-1798

This collection contains approximately twenty-three handwritten lecture summaries on six leaves made by Harvard undergraduate Benjamin Peirce between September 1797 and November 22, 1798. The summaries generally provide a few sentences describing the topic covered and primarily pertain to lectures on English grammar delivered by Eliphalet Pearson, the Hollis Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages. There are also summaries for single lectures by David Tappan, the Hollis Professor Divinity; Samuel Webber, the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy; and John Snelling Popkin, the Greek Tutor from 1795 to 1798, and later the Eliot Professor of Greek Literature. There is also an undated summary of a lecture by Benjamin Waterhouse, the Hersey Professor of Theory and Practice of Physic.

Student essay attributed to William Ellery Channing, 1797 June 5

Three-page handwritten essay composed in English and attributed to Harvard undergraduate William Ellery Channing. The verso of the last page is inscribed "Channing 5 June 97." A quotation from Edward Young appears at the top of the first page: "A Competence is vital to content / Much wealth is corpulence, if not disease" and discusses the topic of affluence. The document includes edits and struck-through words.

The Naturalists' directory.

Latest issue consulted: 1890.

South American journals, 1858-1859,

"William Gurdon Saltonstall's account of the South American journey": p. [201]-209.

Alexandri Donati e Societate Jesu, Roma vetus ac recens, utriusque aedificiis illustrata : in multis locis aucta, castigatior reddita, indice locupletissimo, & figuris aeneis illustrata.

Includes index.

Transactions.

The volumes contain the annual addresses delivered before the society, reports, etc. The first volume, comprising 10 numbers has no collective title; a table of contents to nos. 1-8 was issued. The volume contains 10 separately paged pamphl̆ets.

Genealogical and biographical account of the family of Bolton : in England and America, deduced from an early period, and continued down to the present time, collected chiefly from original papers and records, with an appendix /

Reprint. Originally published: New York : J.A.Gray, 1862.

General science quarterly.

Mode of access: Internet.

Hawthorne and the house of seven gables /

Mode of access: Internet.

Life-histories of the birds of eastern Pennsylvania,

Vol. 2 has imprint: Salem, Mass., The Naturalists' agency, 1877.

The Gam, being a group of whaling stories,

Mode of access: Internet.

The naturalists' quarterly.

Title from caption.

Handbook of the Essex institute ...

Mode of access: Internet.