Records of the Debating Club of Resident Graduates, 1792-1793

This journal contains minutes from meetings held from February 1792 through October 1793. These minutes include the names of participants and the questions and arguments which were debated, including: whether or not French slaves in the West Indies should be emancipated; whether or not reading novels was beneficial; whether sermons were more effective when memorized than when simply read; whether theater contributed to corrupt morals; whether drunkenness or gambling was more detrimental to society; and whether or not French assistance to the colonies in their Revolutionary War provided sufficient cause for the United States to join with France in its own wars. Most of the topics of debate centered on religion, government and education. Several entries also include notes on related topics of discussion, including the reasons for Native American tribes' hostilities against federal authorities, and there are several references to published works which were cited and consulted in the course of debate.

Title page of scrapbook with Harvard University Library bookplate

This bookplate indicates that the scrapbook was donated to the library by Edward L. Pierce in June 1893; it is not known who assembled the scrapbook, although it was presumanly either Pierce or the younger Sumner.

Special occasional publication / Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

no.4 (1975)

Special occasional publication / Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

no.1 (1973)

Special occasional publication / Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

no.8 (1992)

Special occasional publication / Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

no.10 (1992)

Special occasional publication / Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

no.7 (1986)

Special occasional publication / Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

no.2 (1974)

Special occasional publication / Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

no.5 (1985)

Special occasional publication / Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

no.9 (1992)

Special occasional publication / Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

no.11 (1992)

Special occasional publication / Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

no.3 (1974)

Special occasional publication / Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

no.6 (1985)

Anniversary papers by colleagues and pupils of George Lyman Kittredge, presented on the completion of his twenty-fifth year of teaching in Harvard University, June, MCMXIII.

"The general editorship of the volume has been in the hands of Professors Robinson, Sheldon, and Neilson."--Pref.

Bulletin of the Bureau of Business Research, Harvard University, the Graduate School of Business Administration ...

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