Collection Overview
Historical Manuscripts Collection
1821-1909
8 archives boxes
(4 linear ft.)
English
Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Amherst, MA
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.
The manuscripts are listed alphabetically by the author's or creator's name (but not necessarily arranged alphabetically). Following the description of the items, where appropriate, are numbered added entries that refer to a subject index that comprises an appendix to this finding aid (see p. 63). Name entries were also created to facilitate sorting and research.
There is no restriction on access to the Historical Manuscripts Collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from Historical Manuscripts Collection should be directed to Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
[Identification of item], in: Historical Manuscripts Collection [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library.
The collection consists chiefly of correspondence, diaries, sermons and commencement orations written by Amherst College alumni from 1821 to 1909, which were removed from numerous Alumni Biographical Files. Documents were presumably selected because of their perceived historical significance. The collection was compiled ca. 1981, but the project was never completed. Most of the items were catalogued on typed card files, but three boxes of documents were either left unprocessed or were added later. Processing of the collection was fully completed in November 2008.
Baccalaureate addresses -- Amherst College.
Diaries
Sermons
Lecture notes
Speeches
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887.
Dickinson, Austin, d. 1895.
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864.
- Alumni Biographical Files
- Amherst College Commencement Collection
- Amherst College Early History Collection
- Amherst College War Materials Collection
- Town of Amherst Collection
7
7
Abbott, Sereno Timothy (AC 1833). Essay: "Thoughts."
1833
2
8
Adams, Charles Baker (AC 1834), Marion College, Mo., to William S. Tyler, Amherst College. Two letters.
1. Slavery
1837-1838
2
9
Adams, Charles Baker (AC 1834), Amherst College, to Steven Fullerton, Baird, n.p. Two letters.
1851 Oct
2
14
Adams, Charles Baker (AC 1834). Lists of shells sent to C.B. Adams by various correspondents.
1844-1853
2
15
Adams, Charles Baker (AC 1834). List of shells sent to various scholars; annotated catalogues.
1850-1852
7
8
Adams, Charles Baker (AC 1834).Valedictory.
1834
8
1
Adams, Ezra (AC 1835). Disputation with W.G. Howard (affirmative): "Funeral and Sepulchral Honors: Are They on the Whole Beneficial?"
1835 Aug
1
21
Adams, Henry (AC 1828). Record of purchases from the Nile Register. From R.R. & C. Williams, Boston, to Henry Adams.
1. S. Bedlington
1827 Dec 18
7
3
Adams, Henry (AC 1828). Part of a conference: "The Policy of a Protecting Tariff."
1828
7
7
Adams, John Calvin (AC 1833). Disputation (untitled).
1833 Aug
6
1
Adams, John Quincy. Letter to the Social Union Society at Amherst College.
1837 Mar 24
6
2
Adams, John Quincy. Letter to the Athenian Society at Amherst College.
1841 Mar 22
3
43
Alden, Ebenezer (AC 1839), Amherst, Mass., to Ebenezer Alden (his father), Randolph, Mass. 34 letters.
1. Amherst College - Athenian Society; Anti-Venevean Society 2. Gorham Rebellion, 1836 3. Religion
1835-1839
8
5
Alden, Ebenezer (AC 1839). Disputation with H. L. Whitman: "Is the Secular Enterprise of New England Subversive of Morality? Affirmative"
1839
4
34
Alden, Edmund Kimball (AC 1844). "Oratorio Salutatoria."
1844 Jul 22
1
1
Allen, David Oliver (AC 1823). Partial transcriptions of letters to people associated with the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions in India.
1827-1861
2
45
Allen, Nathan (AC 1836), Lowell, Mass., to Edward Payson Crowell (AC 1853), Amherst College. Three letters.
1872-1881
2
46
Allen, Nathan (AC 1836), Lowell, Mass., to Rev. Mr. Herrick.
1874 Oct 20
4
12
Allen, William (AC 1842), Northampton, Mass., to William Austin Dickinson, Amherst, Mass.
1889 Jul 2
1
15
Amerman, Thomas Albert (AC 1827). A sermon on John XI: 52, 48pp.
ca. 1830
8
2
Andrews, David (AC 1836). Oration: "The Obligations of Genius to Common Minds."
1836
7
4
Appleton, Samuel Gilman. (AC 1830). Literary discussion with A.E. Baker: "Are Works of Fiction Necessary to Give a Proper Cultivation of the Mind?"
1830
1
33
Arms, William (AC 1830). Letter to unknown.
1. Missionaries
ca. 1880
1
34
Arms, William (AC 1830), Beaver Dam, to his classmates, At Amherst College.
1. Missionaries
1855 Jul 23
7
4
Arms, William (AC 1830). Oration: "Chemical Metamorphoses."
1830 Jul 24
3
60
Arnell, David Reeve (AC 1840). "Disputation - Is there more of sublimity in the pursuits of the Philosopher or the Poet? - Negative."
1. Nathan W. Fiske
1840
3
44
Ash, George Washington (AC 1839), Enfield, White Co., Ill., to Edward B. Gillett, n.p.
1871 Oct 7
3
7
Ashby, John Langdon (AC 1837), Amherst College, to Bela Francher, Southamptom, Mass.
1834 Mar 21
3
82
Ayres, Rowland (AC 1841). Oration: "The Modesty of True Genius."
1841 July 3
4
35
Atkinson, Charles Moody (AC 1844), Amherst College, Mass., to John C. March, Newburyport, Mass.
1839 Nov 9
3
30
Bacon, George Ferdinand (AC non-grad. 1837). Twenty-one letters from his family, New York City, to Bacon at Amherst College.
1833-1836
2
29
Bacon, George Ferdinand (AC non-grad. 1837). Two letters to him, Amherst, Mass.
1. Francis Taylor 2. Hilliard, Gray & Co.
1834 Jan 13
3
28
Bacon, George Ferdinand (AC non-grad. 1837), Amherst, to George Bacon, New York, N.Y. Three letters.
1. Slavery 2. Amherst College - Starvati Club
1834
8
5
Bancroft, James Henry (AC 1839). Poem: "Sympathy;" exhibition at commencement.
1839 Aug
8
1
Bannister, Seth Warriner (AC 1835). Disputation with Mortimer Blake: "Are the Earlier Ages of a Nation More Interesting Than the Later?"
1835 Aug
7
1
Barber, Lucius Israel (AC 1826). Oration: "Influence of Literature."
1826
3
61
Bardwell, Horatio Forbush (AC 1840), Oxford, Mass., to George F. Cushman, Amherst, Mass.
1. Amherst College - Alexandrian Society 2. George Francis Cushman
1839 Nov 16
3
62
Bardwell, Horatio Forbush (AC 1840), Manchester, Md., to Abel Harwood, Amherst, Mass.
1841 Nov 20
5
37
Barnard, Daneil Emerson (AC 1846), Chicago, Ill., to unknown, Amherst, Mass.
1. U.S. Civil War
1869 Oct 2
3
64
Batchelder, James Locke (AC 1840). Oration: "Introduction and Mathematics - the Instruments of Investigation" or "Induction as an Instrument of Advancing Knowledge."
1.Ebenezer S. Snell
1840 Aug 26
3
65
Batchelder, James Locke (AC 1840), Chicago, Ill., to Edward P. Cromwell, Amherst, Mass. Two letters.
1872-1880
4
23
Bates, L.C, to William Young (AC 1842), Amherst, Mass.
1. Amherst College - Athenian Society 2. National Intelligencer
1841 Feb 6
4
23
3. Gates & Seaton
7
6
Bates, Philander (AC 1832). Essay: "Controversy."
1832 Aug
3
8
Bayley, Calvin Chapin (AC 1837), Waupun, Wis., to William S. Tyler, Amherst College.
1865 Dec 26
8
3
Bayley, Calvin Chapin (AC 1837). Oration: "Poetry of Mathematics."
1837
3
9
Beaman, Warren Harrison (AC 1837), Amherst College, to Wolcott (?) Marsh, n.p.
1888 Jul 23
8
3
Beaman, Warren Harrison (AC 1837). Essay: "Influence of Science on the Moral Improvement of Society."
1837
2
11
Beecher, Henry Ward (AC 1834), Amherst College, to Harriet Beecher Stowe, Cincinnati, Ohio.
ca. 1833 Mar 28
2
12
Beecher, Henry Ward (AC 1834). Ten autograph letters to Amherst College personages (possibly Edward Hitchcock, AC 1849). One transcript relating to some of Beecher's lectures and sermons.
1860-1885
2
10
Beecher, Henry Ward (AC 1834), Lane Seminary, Walnut Hills, Ohio, to William S. Tyler, Andover, Mass.
1. Amherst College - Society of Inquiry
1835 Aug
1
6
Beecher, Henry Ward (AC 1834). Two receipts for lecture fees
1. E. Huntington
1863-1865
2
13
Beecher, Henry Ward (AC 1834). Notes for three sermons on John 3:2, Matthew 5: 21, Proverbs 26:12.
ca. 1875
2
18
Beecher, Henry Ward (AC 1834), n.p., to Charles A. Judson.
1875 Oct 16
2
17
Beecher, Henry Ward (AC 1834), to Samuel B. Holliday, Plymouth, N.Y. Two letters.
1877-1878
5
43
Belcher, John Wilson (AC 1847). Oration: "The Spirit of the Nation."
1. Aaron Warner
1847 Jul 28
7
6
Belcher, Nathan (AC 1832). Discussion with I.N. Stoddard: "Would the Dissolution of the American Union Necessarily Prove Fatal to the Progress of Universal Liberty? Negative."
1832
7
7
Belden, Pomeroy (AC 1833). Discussion with E.W. Harrington: "Thought and Emotion, Their Influence Upon Oratory (Thought)"
1833
4
8
Benton, Azariah Lathrop (AC non-grad 1841), Amherst College, to his parents, Tolland, Conn.
1. Town of Amherst- 1838 fire
1838 Feb 13
8
4
Bigelow, Andrew (AC 1838). Oration: "Fiction, a Vehicle of Truth."
1838
5
44
Billings, Richard Slater (AC 1847). "Object of Literary Pursuit," dissertation.
1. Aaron Warner
1847 Aug
8
4
Blake, Horace Thompson (AC 1838). Oration: "The Eloquence of Ames."
1838
2
31
Blake, Mortimer (AC 1835). Lecture notes on American history, Greek literature, philosophy, chemistry, and natural history.
1.Edwards A. Parks 2. Nathan W. Fiske 3. Ebenezer S. Snell 4. Edward Hitchcock
1833-1834
2
32
Blake, Mortimer (AC 1835). Lecture notes on botany, mineralogy, geology, conchology, and religion.
1. Edward Hitchcock
1834 Jun-Jul
2
33
Blake, Mortimer (AC 1835). Lecture notes on physics, European history, Greek language and literature.
1. Nathan W. Fiske
1834-1835
4
69
Blatchford, Seward & Griswold, New York, N.Y., to Jerome R. Birgham, Milwaukee, Wisc. Five letters.
1857-1859
3
12
Bliss, Edwin Elisha (AC 1837). Home circular for Portland, West Springfield and Beaver Dam, written in Trebizond, Turkey.
1. Missionaries
1847 Dec 31
3
11
Bliss, Edwin Elisha (AC 1837), Constantinople, to unknown.
1. Missionaries
1865 Mar 15
3
10
Bliss, Edwin Elisha (AC 1837), Steamship Silvia, to children.
1. Missionaries
1874 Dec 4
8
3
Bliss, Edwin Elisha (AC 1837). Oration: "The Sources of Our Delight in Tragic Scenes."
1837
5
9
Bliss, Francis Champion (AC 1846). Essay: "Past literature as Connected With True Scholarship."
1. Aaron Warner
1846 July
4
36
Bliss, Isaac Grout (AC 1844), Constantinople, to Edwin E. Bliss, n.p.
1. Missionaries
1863 Dec 16
6
3
Bliss, Thomas Eliakin (non-grad 1848). Seven letters written to Samuel D. Cowles, father of William L. Cowles (AC 1878).
1843-1848
5
10
Blood, Lorenzo Prentice (AC 1846). Oration: "Will a Republican Form of Government Ever Be Permanent?"
1. William B. Calhoun
1846 Aug 13
7
2
Boggs, George W. (AC 1827). Oration: "Connection between Christianity and Civil Liberty."
1827
1
22
Bolles, William (AC 1828), Hartford, Conn., to Asa (?) Bullard, n.p.
1868 Dec 29
8
1
Bond, William Bush (AC 1835). Dissertation: "Scottish Literature."
1835 Aug
4
26
Boltwood, Lucius, Amherst, Mass., to Lucius Manlius Boltwood (AC 1843), n.p.
1837 Aug 14
4
25
Boltwood, Lucius Manlius (AC 1843), New Haven, Conn., to Joseph Knowlton Chickering, Amherst, Mass.
1885 Apr 29
3
46
Bonney, Elijah Hayward, Vernon Center, N.Y., to Edward Bates Gillett (AC 1839), n.p.
1871 Sept 9
7
3
Boutelle, Asaph. (AC 1828) Oration: "Eloquence of Patrick Henry."
1828
1
41
Brace, Johnathan (AC 1831). Travel notes on Europe.
1875 Oct 25
1
43
Bradbury, Elbridge (AC 1831), Lincoln, Kans., to Joseph Knowlton Chickering, n.p.
1885 May 25
7
5
Bradbury, Elbridge (AC 1831). Oration: "Relations of Matter and Mind."
1831 Aug
7
2
Bradford, E.G. Oration: "Ought the Colonization Society To Be Patronized by the General Government?"
1826
8
4
Bragg, Jesse Kendall (AC1838). Disputation with G. Leeds: "The Old Age of the Scholar."
1838
1
6
Bridgman, Elijah Coleman (AC 1826). Eulogy on Nelson Newel.
1823 Mar 4
1
11
Bridgman, Elijah Coleman (AC 1826). "Men of China" and "Golden Tombs Collected Conversations." Notes on important men and events in Chinese history, religion, politics, and philosophy.
ca. 1858
1
12
Bridgman, Elijah Coleman (AC 1826). Copies and originals of letters from Rev. and Mrs. Bridgman to family, friends and superiors in the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions.
1. Missionaries
1828-1861
7
1
Bridgman, Elijah Coleman (AC 1826). Oration: "The Study of Human Nature Connected to Oratory."
1826
4
13
Bridgman, James Granger (AC 1842). "Oratio Salutoria."
1. William S. Tyler
1842
8
3
Brooks, Benjamin Franklin (AC 1837). Oration: "The Plea of the Incapacity of Man for Self-Government."
1837
3
83
Brooks, Sidney (AC 1841). Fourteen letters to his family.
1835-1841
8
3
Brooks, Sidney (AC 1841) Oration. First sentence: "In tracing the operations of human nature, there are presented alternately pictures while as they instruct at the same time disgust us."
1837
7
3
Brown, Hope (AC 1828) Discussion with J. Chapin: "pulpit Eloquence in New England.
1828
7
5
Bruce, J. Untitled oration (first page missing).
1831
4
72
Bruuer, Emilus (AC 1845), Amherst, Mass., to James M. Bruuer, North Wilbraham, Mass.
1842 Mar 17
6
4
Buck, Augustus Howe (AC 1849). Letters to William J. Rolfe (AC 1849) and William A. Dickinson Esy.
1848-1899
2
1
Bullard, Amos (AC 1833), Andover Theological Seminary, to Prof. William S. Tyler, Amherst College.
1838 Oct 31
1
7
Bullard, Artemas (AC 1826), St. Louis, Mo., to the Alexandrian Society at Amherst College.
1853 Aug 17
7
3
Bullard, Asa (AC 1828). Disputation with Chester Humphrey: "Ought Universalists to be Allowed to Give Testimony In Courts of Justice?"
1828
2
47
Bullock, Alexander Hamilton (AC 1836), Boston, Mass., to William S. Tyler, Amherst College.
1865 Feb 28
2
48
Bullock, Alexander Hamilton (AC 1836). Summaries of letters to Alexander H. Bullock.
1. William A. Stearns 2. Samuel Bowles 3. Julia W. Howe 4. William S. Tyler
1870-1881
8
2
Bullock, Alexander Hamilton (AC 1836). Salutatory.
1836
1
44
Burgess, Ebenezer (AC 1831), to Rev. William S. Tyler, Amherst College. Four letters.
1. Missionaries
1838-1844
6
5
Burgess, John W. (AC 1867). Letter to Prof. Todd.
1897 June 2
7
3
Burnham, Thomas. (AC 1828) Disputation with W. Gage: "Is It Expedient to Celebrate a Military Spirit in the United States?"
1828
5
82
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, "Mouth of Antietam," Md., to George Brinton McClellan. Transcription of a recommendation for promotion of William Smith Clark in the 21st Regiment.
1. U.S. Civil War - 21st Regiment, Mass. Volunteers
1862 Sept 25
4
5
Burrit, Elihu, Worcester, Mass., to Thomas S. Russel (AC 1841), Amherst, Mass.
1841 Mar 17
8
3
Caldwell, David (AC 1837). Eulogy on Kosinsko.
1837
3
66
Campbell, Archibald Barrington (AC 1840). Autobiography.
ca. 1866
7
1
Carlisle, Hugh. (AC 1826). Conference: "The Effects of Foreign Interference on the Interests of Our Country."
1826
8
5
Carpenter, Chester Whitmore (AC 1839). Disputation with S.T. Spaulding: "Does the Civilized or Savage State Afford Greater Advantages for Eloquence?"
1839
1
52
Cary, Josiah Addison (AC 1832). Personal diary preceded by short section on the creation of the earth and man.
1827-1837
7
6
Cary, Josiah Addison (AC 1832). Oration: "The Classifications and Influence of the Statesman and the Man of Letters: the Man of Letters."
1832
5
66
Case, Ira (AC 1848). Dissertation: "The Relations of Mind to Ultimate Truth."
1. Aaron Warner
1848 Aug 10
7
1
Chapin, Alonzo. (AC 1826) Oration: "Dangers to be Apprehended by Our Country from the Influence of Luxury."
1826
4
14
Chapin, Roswell Lombard (AC 1842), Amherst College, Mass., to Julia Chapin (his sister), Springfield, Mass.
1841 Jun
7
6
Chapman, Mahlon Pomeroy(AC 1832). Oration: "Infidelity and War - Their Influence on Benevolent Enterprise."
1832
3
14
Clapp, Alender Osmyn (AC 1837), Amherst College, to Joseph Clapp, Homer, Cortland County, N.Y.
1. Amherst College - Johnson Chapel
1835 Mar 27
7
6
Clapp, Charles (AC 1832) Valedictory: "The Spirit of Modern Criticism."
1832
7
6
Clapp, R. C. Dissertation: "Importance of a Knowledge if the Human Kind."
1832 Aug
7
8
Clark, Albert. (AC 1834). Dissertation: "Bibliomania."
1834
8
1
Clark, Clinton (AC 1835). Valedictory: "Influence of Benevolent Feelings on the Intellect."
1835
1
16
Clark, Joseph Sylvester (AC 1827), Amherst House, Amherst, Mass., to Rev. William S. Tyler, n.p.
1833 Aug 11
7
2
Clark, Joseph Sylvester (AC 1827). Valedictory: "The Responsibilities of Liberally Educated Men."
1827
1
17
Clark, Lucius Lafayette (AC 1827). Oration: "Africa."
1827 Aug 20
8
3
Clark, Lewis Franklin. (AC 1837). Disputation with H.J. Gaylord: "Is the Patronage of Our Government Necessary for a High Standard of Literature? Affirmative"
1837
8
1
Clark, Sereno Dickinson (AC 1835). Oration: "Source of Emotions."
1835 Aug
7
7
Clark, Stanford Russell. (AC 1833). Oration: "Our District."
n.d.
7
7
Clark, Stanford Russell (AC 1833). Essay: "Sensibility to Public Opinion."
1833 Aug 28
3
15
Clark, Stephen Watkins (AC 1837), Cortland Academy, Homer, N.Y., to William Tyler, Amherst College.
1852 Sep 14
3
16
Clark, Stephen Watkins (AC 1837), to Leach (?), Sanford, n.p.
1899 Dec 20
3
67
Clark, Summer (AC 1840). Essay: "Is Elizabeth of England censurable for her treatment of Mary Queen of the Scots?"
1840
5
68
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848), Amherst College, Mass., to J. N. Manross, Easthampton, Mass.
1845 Apr 3
5
70
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848), Amherst College, Mass., to Harriet E. Clark, Easthampton, Mass.
1. Edward Hitchcock
1845 Nov 17
5
71
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848), Acworth, [N.H], to Newton [Spalding Manross], n.p.
1. Charles U. Shepard
1846 Nov 9
5
78
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848). Oration: "The Alchemist."
1. Aaron Warner 2.Charles U. Shepard
1848 Aug 10
5
69
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848), Göttingen, Germany, to Atherton Clark, [Easthampton], Mass.
1851 Jun 1
5
80
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848), Amherst College, Mass., to the members of the Alexandrian Society, [Amherst College].
1853 Oct 27
5
73
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848), Camp Lincoln, Worcester, Mass., to [Newton Spalding] Manross, n.p.
1. U.S. Civil War - 21st Regiment, Mass. Volunteers
1861 Aug 22
5
74
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848), Annapolis, Md., to [Newton Spalding] Manross, n.p.
1. U.S. Civil War - 21st Regiment, Mass. Volunteers
1861 Sep 10
5
75
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848), Camp Andrew, Newbern, N.C., to [Newton Spalding] Manross, Amherst, Mass.
1. U.S. Civil War - Battle of Roanoke; 21st Regiment, Mass. Volunteers 3. Frazar Stearns 4. Jefferson Davis
1862 Mar 30
5
77
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848), "Army of Potomac," Va., to [William Seymour Tyler], n.p.
1. U.S. Civil War - 21st Regiment, Mass. Volunteers 2. Charles Delano
1863 Jan 16
5
84
Clark, William Smith (AC 1848), Amherst, Mass., to Edward Hitchcock (AC 1849), n.p.
1880 Feb 24
8
5
Clift, William Avery (AC 1839). Oration: "Robert Burns."
1839
4
15
Cochran, Joseph Gallup (AC 1842), Amherst College, Mass., to the editor of the Hampshire Gazette.
1. Amherst College - Athenian Society
1840 Nov 24
2
2
Collins, William Oliver (AC 1833), Ft. Laramie, Neb., to John Pratt. A.A.G., District of Neb., Omaha. An account of an attack of American Indians.
1865 Feb 15
4
73
Colton, Francis Parmelee (AC 1845), Amherst College, Mass., to William L. Silcox, Culpepper, Va.
1845 Mar 2
4
10
Cooke, George (AC non-grad., 1832). "Incidents in the life and ministry of Parson Paul Powers, 1781-1848."
ca. 1850
4
11
Cooke, George (AC non-grad. 1832). Commonplace book containing sermons, copies of letters, poetry, memoirs,essays.
1850-1853
1
54
Cooke, Phineas. Acworth, N.H. Account of Ecclesiastical Council meetings attended and sermons.
1. John Richards 2. Arnas Keyes 3. I. Aiken
1814-1853
1
55
Cooke, Phineas. Lebanon, N.H. Two discourses delivered before the Congregational Church and Society.
1848 May 21
1
53
Cooke, Phineas. Record of expenses of the Committee for the Supply of the Pulpit, Lebanon, N.H., and an inventory of the estate of Phineas Cooke with three letters bound to it.
1839-1853
7
4
Corss. Charles Chapin. (AC 1830). Oration: "Motives to Intellectual Exertion."
1830 Jul 14
1
8
Cressy, Benjamin Cothen (AC 1826). "On the Dangers to be Apprehended by This Country From Internal Discord."
ca. 1827
1
9
Cressy, Benjamin Cothen (AC 1826), Amherst College, Mass., to his family, N.H.
1822 Nov 13
1
23
Cressy, Timothy Robinson (AC 1828), to Rev. Asa Bullard, Boston, Mass. Two letters.
1858-1866
7
3
Cressy, Timothy Robinson (AC 1828). Oration: "The Victory of the Church."
1828
3
31
Cross, Moses Kimball (AC 1838), South Deerfield, to Rev. [Joseph] Haven, n.p.
1852 Dec 29
4
2
Cromwell, Loranus, Middletown, to Abel Harwood (AC 1841), Wilbraham, Mass.
1836 Apr 10
5
45
Cummings, Henry (AC 1847). Oration: "Personality of the Scholar."
1. Aaron Warner
1847 Jul 20
4
37
Curtis, George Cogswell (AC 1844). Sermon on the order of Providence.
1. Heman Humphrey
1844
3
68
Cushman, George Francis (AC 1840). Oration: "Misfortune, the Inheritance of Genius."
1. Nathan W. Fiske
1840 Aug 26
3
69
Cutler, Joseph (AC 1840). Oration: "The relation of rights and duties."
1. Nathan W. Fiske
1840 Aug 26
8
2
Damon, Samuel Chenery (AC 1836). Dissertation: "American Biography."
1. Aaron Warner
1836
5
46
Dana, Samuel Worcester (AC 1847). "The Progress of Freedom," dissertation.
1. Aaron Warner
1847 Aug 12
5
55
Dana, Samuel Worcester (AC 1847), New Castle, Pa., to Edward Payson Crowell, Amherst, Mass.
1. Frederick Ridgely Graham
1895 May 7
5
47
Dana, Samuel Worcester (AC 1847), New Castle, Pa., to John Mason Tyler, Amherst, Mass.
1900 Jun 13
4
16
Darling, Henry (AC 1842). Oration: "Literature: the Expression of Society."
1. William C. Fowler
1842 Jul
3
85
Day, Isaac Clifford (AC 1841), Amherst College, Mass., to Abel Harwood, Enfield, Mass.
ca. 1841 Sep 29
7
8
Day, Pliny Butts (AC 1834). Oration: "Progress of Society."
1834 Aug
4
17
Dean, Artemas (AC 1842). Oration: "The Decay of Superstition."
1. Nathan W. Fiske
1842 Jul
3
38
Dean, Mrs. M.R., Newburyport, Mass., to Edwin Willard Pierce (AC 1838), Amherst, Mass.
1835 Jan 20
8
5
De Forest, Henry Grant (AC 1839). Oration: "Devotion to Principle."
1839 Aug
7
8
Dexter, Nathaniel Morton (AC 1834). Essay: "Common Sense."
1834 Aug
8
5
Dickinson, D.S. Disputation: "The Jesuits: Causes of Their Success."
1839
7
6
Dickinson, Erastus. (AC 1832). Bible class book. Publication of Christianity to the Jews."
1832
3
86
Dickinson, Noadiah Smith (AC 1841). Essay: "The Harmony of Science and Revelation."
1841 Jul 16
4
38
Dickinson, Richard Salter Storrs (AC 1844). Oration: "Protestant Americans."
1. Aaron Warner
1844 Aug 8
5
85
Dickinson, William Cowper (AC 1848), Evanston, Ill., to [Henry Johnson Patrick] (AC 1848), n.p.
1893 Jun 17
5
86
Dickinson, William Cowper (AC 1848), Evanston, Ill., to Francis Augustine Howe (AC 1848), Newburyport, Mass.
1893 Jun 24
2
49
Doolittle, Charles Hutchins (AC 1836), Utica, N.Y., to William S. Tyler, Amherst, Mass.
1851 Jun 28
1
10
Doty, E. Lunidentifields. Fragment of a note and material that appears to relate to China. Probably written to Elijah Bridgman (AC 1826).
1895 Aug 24
5
48
Draper, Warren Fales (AC 1847), Andover, Mass., to John Mason Tyler, [Amherst, Mass.]
1. Edward Hitchcock
1900 Jun 15
4
39
Dudley, John L. (AC 1844). Oration: "Professional Life."
1. Aaron Warner 2. Nathan W. Fiske
1844 Aug 8
7
2
Dwight, Timothy. (AC 1827). Salutatory in Latin (untitled).
1827
2
6
Dyer, Ebenezer Porter (AC non-grad 1833), Amherst College, to Ebenezer Porter, Abington, Mass.
1830 Feb 19
2
7
Dyer, Ebenezer Porter (AC non-grad 1833). "The Lily Law," typed transcripts of poems with accompanying illustrations (signed J.O.H.)
ca. 1880
8
1
Eastman, David (AC 1835). Essay: "Avarice, a Temptation Powerful and Universal."
1835 Aug
7
4
Eastman, George. (AC 1830). Discussion: "England and Napoleon."
1830 Aug 14
7
4
Eastman, Henry Edward. (AC 1830). Dissertation: "The Study of the English Language."
1830
7
7
Eastman, Lucius Root (AC 1833). Oration: Science and the Classics - Their Union the True Basis of a Professional Education."
1833
3
87
Eaton, Joseph Myron Renselaer (AC 1841). Oration: "The Value of Independent Thought."
1. Nathan W. Fiske
1841 Jul 16
5
24
Eddy, Nathaniel (AC 1838), Oxford, Mass., to James Humphrey and the faculty of Amherst College.
1838 Aug 13
4
40
Edson, Henry Kingman (AC 1844) "Decay a Law of Progress."
1. Nathan W. Fiske
1844 Aug 8
4
41
Edson, Henry Kingman (AC 1844), Grinnell, Iowa, to John Mason Tyler, Amherst, Mass.
1900 Jun 25
5
49
Edwards, Henry Luther (AC 1847). Salutatory oration in Latin.
1. Aaron Warner
1847 Jul 31
5
50
Edwards, Henry Luther (AC 1847), Northampton, Mass., to [William Austin] Dickinson, [Amherst, Mass.]
1891 Nov 24
7
1
Elliott, Caleb Burbank. (AC 1826) with M. Kimball. Disputation: "Is It Probable That the Spanish American Republics Will Be Able Maintain Their Present Liberal Institutions?
1826
4
42
Ellsworth, Erastus Wolcott (AC 1844), [Ogdensburgh, N.Y.] to John Sartain, Philadelphia, Pa.
1852 Jul 23
4
43
Ellsworth, Erastus Wolcott (AC 1844). Untitled poem beginning "Man is born a gardener still."
ca. 1881
4
45
Ellsworth, Erastus Wolcott (AC 1844), East Windsor, Conn., to Edmund C. Stedman, New York, N.Y. Five letters.
1881-1888
4
46
Ellsworth, Erastus Wolcott (AC 1844), East Windsor, Conn., to Arthur Stedman, n.p.
1886 Dec 25
4
44
Ellsworth, Erastus Wolcott (AC 1844). Printed poem entitled "The Mayflower," annotated tear sheets.
1. Edward K. Parmelee 2. Elizabeth W. Sperry
1888 Aug 4
2
50
Ely, Alfred Brewster (AC 1836). Two letters from Austin Isham to A.B. Ely, Amherst College.
1. David Sewall Oliphant
1836
2
51
Ely, Alfred Brewster (AC 1836). Letter from Alvan Wilcox, New Haven, Conn., to A.B. Ely, Amherst College.
1836 Jun 15
1
42
Elliot, S.H. [?] New Haven, Conn., to Jonathan Brace (AC 1831).
1858 Oct 8
7
5
Emerson, Luther (AC 1831). Disputation: "Are the Laws of Mind as Uniform as Those of Matter?"
1831
7
8
Emery, Samuel Hopkins (AC 1834). Oratio Salutatoria.
1834 Aug
7
5
Emery, Joshua (AC 1831). Oration: "The Organs of Hearing and Vision - in Connection With the Mind and the Objects (Privileges?) of Intellectual Enjoyment."
1831
3
71
Everett, Joel Summer (AC 1840), Amherst College, to his sister, Susan Everett, n.p.
1839 Jun 16
3
70
Everett, Joel Summer (AC 1840). Oration: "Eloquence, the Voice of Nature."
1. Ebenezer S. Snell
1840 Aug 26
8
1
Fackler, David Morris (AC 1835). Disputation with N.B. Fox: "Influence on the Discovery of Truth of Personal Interest in the Subject of Inquiry."
1835 Aug
7
2
Farnham, Lucien. (AC 1827). Oration: "Motives for the Cultivation of Eloquence."
1827
3
45
Farrar, George (AC 1839), Amherst College, to James Farrar (his father), Lincoln, Mass. Four letters.
1836-1838
8
5
Farrar, George (AC 1839). Disquisition: "Political Intrigue Unfavorable to Eloquence."
1839
2
52
Farwell, John Edward (AC 1836), Amherst College, to Laura P. Farwell, Ashby, Mass. Eleven letters.
1833-1835
2
53
Farwell, John Edward (AC 1836). Seventeen letters to Laura P. Caswell, Fitchburg, Mass.
1835-1839
2
54
Farwell, John Edward (AC 1836), New York City, N.Y., to Charles C.P. Burnap, Andover, Mass.
1838 Mar 1
2
55
Farwell, John Edward (AC 1836). Five letters to Henry Sherman Farwell.
1843-1844
8
2
Fassit, Robert Farris (AC 1836). Oration: "The Copyright Law."
1836
2
3
Field, Caleb Clesson (AC 1833), Amherst College, to Elijah Stratton, Brunswick, Me.
1833 Apr 17
7
7
Field, Caleb Clesson (AC 1833).Oration: "Political Ambition."
1833 Aug
5
11
Field, Levi Alpheus (AC 1846). Oration: "Old EnglishWrithers."
1. Aaron Warner
1846
8
1
Field, Justin (AC 1835) Oration: "Influence of the Passions on the Judgment."
1835
2
21
Field, Thomas Power (AC 1834). Three letters from J.A. Putnam (South Danvers), Heman Humphrey (Amherst College), and Edward Strong Dwight (Hadley).
1. Missionaries - American Colonization Society
1837-1877
2
19
Field, Thomas Power (AC 1834), to William S. Tyler, Amherst College. Two letters.
1840-1864
2
20
Field, Thomas Power (AC 1834), Amherst, Mass., to Anson D. Morse, n.p.
1888 Nov 5
4
52
Finch, P.V. A tribute to the memory of Lewis Green.
1887 Aug 7
1
24
Fisher, Ezra (AC 1828), Oregon City, to Rev. Asa Bullard, Boston, Mass.
1853 Jun 11
5
13
Fisher, George Elisha (AC 1846). Oration: "The Right and the Wrong in Reform."
1. Nathan W. Fiske
1846 Jul
5
12
Fisher, George Elisha (AC 1846), North Amherst, Mass., to William Austin Dickinson, Amherst, Mass.
ca. 1873 May 23
5
39
Fisher, George Elisha (AC 1846), South Hadley Falls, Mass., to unknown, n.p.
1875 Jul 16
5
38
Fisher, George Elisha (AC 1846), South Hadley Falls, to Joseph Knowlton Chickering, [Amherst, Mass.]
1879 Oct 20
7
1
Fisher, Nathaniel. (AC 1826) with Levi Pratt. Disputation: "Is the Golden Age of Literature Past?"
1826
3
5
Fisher, Milton Metcalf (AC non-grad 1836). Diary.
1. Religion
1832-1833
3
3
Fisher, Milton Metcalf (AC non-grad 1836), Medway, to A. E. Alvord, n.p.
1. Edward Hitchcock
1893 Jan 30
3
4
Fisher, Milton Metcalf (AC non-grad 1836), Medway, to Ephraim Lincoln Wood, Amherst, Mass.
1. Alden Ebenezer 2. Nathan Allen 3.U.S. Civil War 4. John Sawyer 5. Slavery
1900 Dec 28
3
72
Fisk, Pliny (AC 1840). Oration: "Integrity in a Statesman Necessary to his Success."
1840 Aug 26
4
18
Fiske, Daniel Taggart (AC 1842). Oration: "The Sources of Democratic Principles Dependant on Religion."
1. William C. Fowler
1842 Jul
5
88
Fiske, Samuel (AC 1848). "Oratio Salutatoria a Fiske."
1. Aaron Fiske 2. A.D. Gridley
1848 Aug 10
5
87
Fiske, Samuel (AC 1848), Camp near Falmouth," Va., to Elizabeth L. Fiske, n.p.
1. U.S. Civil War
1863 Apr 27
7
1
Fitts, Hervey (AC 1826). Commencement address in Latin.
1826
1
13
Fitts, Hervey (AC 1826). Commencement address in Latin. Copy by C. H. Toll.
1826
1
4
Flagg, Horatio (AC 1825). Results of the Committee of the Ecclesiastical Council in Halifax, Vt., responsible for arbitration of a dispute in the church.
1844 Dec 26
5
51
Fleming, Louis Isadore (AC 1847). Oration: "Political Integrity."
1. Aaron Warner 2. William B. Calhoun
1847 Aug 12
8
4
Fletcher, Joel White (AC 1838). Oration: "Our Early Colonial History Considered as a Theme for the Poet."
1838
5
14
Fletcher, Samuel Mark (AC 1846). Oration on the Principles of Natural Science.
1.Ebenezer S. Snell
1846 Aug 13
5
40
Fletcher, Samuel Mark (AC 1846), Chicago, Ill., to unknown.
1. U.S. Civil War 2. Daniel Emerson Barnard
1869 Sep 24
2
6
Fobes, Ephraim (AC 1830). Described in a letter by Ebenezer P. Dyer (AC 1833).
1830 Feb 19
7
4
Fobes, Ephraim (AC 1830). Oration: "Influence of the Benevolent Efforts of the Age upon the Character of Literature."
1830
5
90
Fobes, William Allen (AC 1848). Oration: "Aristocracy in Science."
1. Aaron Warner
1848 Aug 10
6
6
Fobes, William Allen (AC 1848), Worcester, Mass., to unknown.
n.d.
5
89
Fobes, William Allen (AC 1848), Lake View, Mass., to Francis Augustine Howe (AC 1848), n.p.
1893 Jun 23
7
7
Forbes, Franklin (AC 1833). Oration: "American Enterprise."
1833 Aug
7
5
Fosdick, David (AC 1831). Oration: "Du patronage des homes de genie."
1831 Aug
3
73
Foster, Andrew Butler (AC 1840). Oration: "The Controversies of Literary Success."
ca. 1840 Aug 26
1
29
Foster, Benjamin Franklin (AC 1829), Dummerston, Vt., to Mr. Ward, n.p.
1.Amherst College - Alexandrian prize.
1856 Jan 30
2
23
Fowler, Orson Squire (AC 1834). Oration: "Temptation - Its Influence on Guilt." Copy in Box 7, Folder 8.
1834 Aug 27
5
15
Frost, James Henry Paine (AC 1846).
1. Martin Luther 2. Aaron Warner
ca. 1846
5
41
Frost, James Henry Paine (AC 1846), Danville, Pa., to Edward Payson Crowell, [Amherst, Mass.]
1873 Jul 20
8
3
Gale, Nahum (AC 1837). Dissertation: "Natural Science Favorable to Poetry."
1837
5
52
Gates, Charles Henry (AC 1847). Poem: "The Battle Scene."
1847 Aug 12
3
88
Gay, Joshua Sanders (AC 1841). Essay: "The HebrewTheology."
1. Heman Humphrey
1841 Jul 16
6
7
Gaylord, Martin L. (AC 1848), Easthampton, Mass., to his brother Patrick, n.p.
1893 June 12
7
6
Gibbons, Lyman (AC 1832). "A Philosophical Oration: "The Analogy between the Phenomena of the Understanding and the Imagination..."
1832
3
48
Gillett, Edward Bates (AC 1839). Five letters to E. B. Gillett from friends.
1. H.G.D. Forest 2. R.H. Martin 3. Simeon Miller 4. F.W. Sylvester 5. J. White
1872-1877
3
47
Gillett, Edward Bates (AC 1839), n.p., to [William Austin] Dickinson, [Amherst, Mass.]
ca. 1875 Apr 25
7
1
Goffe, Joseph Jr. (AC 1826). Dissertation: "Poems and Genius of Chatterton."
1826
3
89
Goddard, Charles Grosvenor (AC 1841). Oration: "The Responsibilities of Eminent Writers."
1. William G. Fowler
1841 Jul 16
3
90
Goddard, George Grosvenor (AC 1841). Letter from Jordan, Weeks & Co., Boston, Mass.
1.Amherst College - Athenian Society
1840 Jul 11
5
33
Goodale, Alfred S., Amherst College, to City Clerk, Putnam, Conn., requesting date of death of Daniel Bacon Plimpton (Ac non-grad 1846).
1916 Aug 1
6
8
Goodale, George W. (AC 1848). Letters to his classmates and to Prof. E. P. Crowell
1872-1893
2
24
Goodale, Montgomery Smith (AC 1834), Amsterdam, to William S. Tyler, n.p.
1864 Mar 4
7
8
Goodale, Montgomery Smith (AC 1834). Essay: "Excitement."
1834 Aug
3
13
Goodell, W. Pera, [Turkey?], to Edwin Elisha Bliss (AC 1837), Trebizond, Turkey.
1. Missionaries
1844 Oct 5
8
4
Goodnow, Charles Warren (AC 1838). Oration: "Substitution of Policy for Principle - Its Influence in the Administration of a Free Government."
1838
3
75
Goodwin, Allyn, N.P., to William B. Hammond (AC 1840).
1839 Nov 21
5
53
Graham, Frederick Ridgely (AC 1847). "The Individual, His Relationship to Himself and His Race."
1. Aaron Warner
1847 Aug 12
5
54
Graham, Frederick Ridgely (AC 1847), Woodbury, N.J., to [William Seymour Tyler], Amherst, Mass.
1850 Aug 2
2
25
Gray, Alonzo (AC 1834), Townshend, Vt., to Heman Humphrey, Amherst College; about efforts to obtain funds for an "Agricultural Professorship."
1. Amherst College - Trustees
1844 Oct 10
7
8
Gray, Alonzo (AC 1834). Disputation with J.P. Terry: "Is Phrenology Entitled to Special Attention from Its Practical Utility?"
1834 Aug
3
20
Green, James (AC 1837), Indianapolis, Ind., to Lewis Franklin Clark, n.p.
1. Robert Stevens Hitchcock 2. U.S. Civil War
1863 Jan 22
3
18
Green, James (AC 1837), Indianapolis, Ind., to William S. Tyler, Amherst College.
1. J.H. Ninon
1865 May 9
3
19
Green, James (AC 1837), Indianapolis, Ind., to his classmates.
1867 Jun 29
8
3
Green, James (AC 1837). Poem for the commencement.
1837
4
48
Green, Lewis (AC 1844). "Valedictory 1844, Rough Draft."
1844 Aug 8
4
51
Green, Lewis (AC 1844). "A Prayer before Sermon Writing."
1. Heman Humphrey
ca. 1850
4
49
Green, Lewis (AC 1844). Letter to his son.
1876 Dec 6
4
50
Green, Lewis (AC 1844), Greenfield, Mass., to Edward B. Marsh, n.p.
1885 Feb 4
7
3
Gregg, Thomas Douglas. (AC 1828) Salutatoty in Latin.
1828
1
2
Grey, Philander (AC non-grad 1824). Notes on classmates.
1. Seth Burroughs (AC 1824) 2. Joseph A. Hale (AC 1824) 3. Abel Packard (AC 1824)
n.d.
1
45
Grout, Aldin (AC 1831), Springfield, Mass., to Prof. and Mrs. Edward Hitchcock, Amherst College.
1877 Jul 17
4
53
Grow, Galusha Aaron (AC 1844). Oration: "Moral Mobocracy."
1. Aaron Warner 2. Nathan W. Fiske
1844 Aug 8
4
55
Grow, Galusha Aaron (AC 1844), Washington, D.C., to unknown, n.p.
1854 Jul 8
4
54
Grow, Galusha Aaron (AC 1844), Philadelphia, Pa., to George R. Cutting (AC 1871), Amherst College.
1. Amherst College - Literary Societies
1851 May 3
4
80
Grow, Galusha Aaron (AC 1844), New York, N.Y., to [Messrs. Warfel and Giest].
1894 Jan 19
1
35
Hackett, Horatio Balch (AC 1830). Four letters to classmates.
1863-1871
7
4
Hackett, Horatio Balch (AC 1830). Valedictory: "Effects of the Diffusion of Knowledge on Our Literature."
1830 Aug 25
7
4
Hall, Job (AC 1830). Discussion: "Napoleon and the English."
1830
1
36
Hall, Job (AC 1830), Orwell, Vt., to Prof. William S. Tyler, Amherst College.
1852 Jan 20
7
6
Hall, William (AC 1832). Disputation with Samuel Miles Hopkins: "Are Capital Punishments Justifiable?"
1832
3
74
Hammond, William Blakenship (AC 1840). Oration: "The Language of Nature Addressed to Scholars."
1840
7
6
Hardy, Seth (AC 1832). Discussion: "That the Prevailing Spirit of Infidelity is calculated to Retard the Progress of Benevolent Enterprise."
1832
2
4
Harrington, Eli Whitney (AC 1833), Rochester, to William S. Tyler, Amherst College. Two letters.
1. Charles Parks Rugg
1852-1853
4
1
Harwood, Abel (AC 1841), Amherst College, to his brother.
1. Ebenezer S. Snell
ca. 1838
5
42
Haskell, William Learned (AC 1846), n.p., to Edward Payson Crowell, [Amherst, Mass.]
1875 May 1
2
34
Haven, Joseph (AC 1835). Essays on German literature, German public libraries, conversation, fashion, "The Poet and the Orator," and "A legend of New England."
1. Jonathan B. Condit 2. Nathan W. Fiske
ca. 1834
8
1
Haven, Joseph (AC 1835). Oration: "Sources of Superstition."
1835 Aug
7
1
Haven, Samuel Foster. (AC 1826). Poem: "Vicissitude."
1826
5
56
Hawks, John (AC 1847). Oration: "Economy in the Unequal Distribution of Talent."
1.Aaron Warner
1847 Aug 12
2
4
Hawley, W. A., Northampton, Mass., to William Young (AC 1842), Amherst, Mass.
1. Amherst College - Athenian Society 2. Hampshire Gazette
1841 Feb 9
1
26
Hebard, Story (AC 1828), Amherst College, to John Hebard, Lebanon, N.H. Eighteen letters.
1824-1831
1
25
Hebard, Story (AC 1828). Oration: "The Temperature of the Interior [sic] of the Earth."
1828 Aug 27
4
78
Henshaw, Marshall (AC 1845), Amherst College, to Jason Torrey, Honesdale, Pa.
1. William Seymour Tyler
1844 Feb 10
4
76
Henshaw, Marshall (AC 1845). "Oratio Salutatoria."
1845 Aug 11
4
77
Henshaw, Marshall (AC 1845), Byfield, Mass., to [William Seymour Tyler], Amherst College.
1859 Sep 3
4
81
Henshaw, Marshall (AC 1845), New Brunswick, [N.J.], to William Seymour Tyler, Amherst, Mass.
1863 Apr 28
4
82
Henshaw, Marshall (AC 1845), New Brunswick, [N.J.], to Samuel Williston, n.p. Two letters.
1863-1865
4
79
Henshaw, Marshall (AC 1845), Easthampton, Mass., to Anson D. Morse, n.p.
1875 Jun 26
5
16
Hibben, James (AC 1846). Oration: "Fancy."
1. Aaron Warner 2. Nathan W. Fiske
1846 Aug 13
4
56
Hitchcock, Daniel Dwight (AC 1844). Essay: "Social Crystallization."
1. Edward Hitchcock
ca. 1844
4
84
Hitchcock, Edward, Amherst, Mass., to John S. Lee. Two letters.
1845-1848
4
75
Hitchcock, Edward, Amherst, Mass., to Francis P. Colton, Amherst. Mass. Letter of recommendation.
1845 Aug 11
4
67
Hitchcock, Edward, Amherst, Mass., to Jerome R. Brigham, n.p.
1856 Dec 26
3
21
Hitchcock, Robert Stevens (AC 1837), Lexington, Ky., to Edward P. Crowell, Amherst, Mass.
1. U.S. Civil War
1871 May 10
8
2
Hitchcock, Roswell Dwight (AC 1836). Oration: "The Home of Genius."
1836
7
6
Hitchings, Benjamin Gardner (AC 1832). Oration: "Brown's Analysis of Memory."
1832 Aug
5
17
Holt, Edmund Dayer (AC 1846). Oration: "Can the Drama be Made Subservient to Moral and Intellectual Cultivation?"
1. Aaron Warner 2. Nathan W. Fiske
1846
1
37
Homes, Henry Augustus (AC 1830), Albany, N.Y. to William S. Tyler.
1880 Jan 24
7
4
Homes, Henry Augustus (AC 1830). Oration: "Temperament of Genius."
1830 Aug 22
8
2
Homer, William Bradford (AC 1836). Valedictory: "The Immortality of Mental Influence."
1836
7
6
Houston, John Frederick (AC 1832). "Mental Effort," marked "composition of J.F. sent to old aunt;" essay: "Romantic Fiction."
1832
8
1
Howard, Chauncey (AC 1835). Oration: "Veneration for Old Institutions."
1835 Aug
1
18
Howard, Joseph (AC, 1827). "The Importance of History."
ca. 1828
6
9
Howe, Francis (AC 1848), Eastondale, Mass., to Prof. J.M. Tyler, Amherst College.
1900 June 22
6
10
Howe, Francis (AC 1848). Five letters.
1844-1894
2
44
Howe, Nathaniel Saltonstall, Washington D.C., to William Lewis Montague, Amherst College.
1879 Nov 5
1
3
Howland, Freeman Parker (AC 1824), Abington, Mass., to Rev. Theophilus Packard, n.p.
1882 Dec 26
5
35
Howland, Walter Morton (AC 1863), Chicago, Ill., to William [Howland?], n.p.
1. John Andrew Thompson (AC non-grad 1846)
1878 Oct 29
5
18
Howland, William (AC 1846). Essay in Latin.
1. William Seymour Tyler
1846 Aug 13
5
20
Howland, William (AC 1846), Lynn, Mass., to Havilah Mowry Sprague, Amherst, Mass.
1. Amherst College - Alexandrian Society
1858 Apr 2
5
19
Howland, William (AC 1846), Lynn, Mass., to William Lewis Montague, Amherst, Mass.
1877 Mar 5
5
36
Howland, William (AC 1846), Lynn, Mass., to Joseph Knowlton Chickering, Amherst, Mass.
1878 May 6
7
7
Humphrey, Hosea Daton (AC 1833). Disputation: "Which is the Most Injurious to a Good Cause - Indiscretion of Friends or the hostility of enemies?"
1833 Aug
1
46
Humphrey, James (AC 1831), New York, to Elisha Rodolphus Sprague, Amherst College.
1. Amherst College - Athenian Society
1839 Feb 9
8
1
Humphrey, James (AC 1839). Oration: "Study of the Incomprehensible."
1835
6
11
Humphrey, Leonard (AC 1846), Amherst Academy, to the President of Amherst College. Note about Justus Smith (AC 1851) and Horace Smith (AC 1851).
1847 Aug 10
5
21
Humphrey, Louisa E., East Weymouth, Mass., to Arthur S. Pease, Amherst, Mass.
1930 Apr 21
4
27
Humphrey, Zephaniah Moore (AC 1843), Pittsfield, Mass., to William Seymour Tyler, Amherst, Mass.
1861 Apr 5
6
12
Humphreys, George (AC 1835), Amherst College, to the Female Reading Society, n.p.
1834 Jul 18
7
6
Hunt, S. (AC 1832). Literary disquisition: "The Philosophy of a Fashionable Literature."
1832 Aug
4
57
Huntting, Samuel (AC 1844). "The Power of Terms - Philosophical Oration."
1. Aaron Warner 2. Nathan W. Fiske
1844 Aug 8
4
19
Hutchins, Waldo (AC 1842). Invitation addressed to Edward Bates Gillett, n.p.
1872 Feb
8
2
Hutchinson, Sylvander (AC 1836). Disputation: "Infidelity and War - Their Comparative Influence on Benevolent Enterprise."
1836
6
13
Ide, Jacob (AC 1848), Mansfield, to his brother Patrick, n.p., and note from S.T.M. Spofford (n.d.).
1893 Jun 21
1
48
Ingram, Solomon Boltwood (AC 1831), Southampton, L.I., to his father, Zacheus C. Ingram, n.p.
1832 Oct 30
1
47
Ingram, Solomon Boltwood (AC 1831). Sermon on Luke 15:18, 19.
1837-1839
5
22
Jackson, Arthur Harper (AC 1846). Essay on psychology.
1. Aaron Warner 2. Nathan W. Fiske
1846
8
1
Janes, Justus Lyman (AC 1835). Essay: "Poetry as Affected by Christianity."
1835
3
32
Jenkins, Abraham (AC 1838), Amherst College, to Loring Johnson, Georgetown, Delaware.
1. Edward Hitchcock 2. R.W. Haskins 3. George E. Hayes 4. Benjamin Silliman 5. C.T. Jackson
1838 Dec 21
6
14
Jenkins, Abraham (AC 1838), Amherst College, to his father.
1833 Mar 24
8
4
Jenkins, Abraham (AC 1838). "Ethiopia Shall Soon Stretch Out Her Hands to God." "The Influence of Revolutions and Wars on Literature, the Arts and Sciences." "The Conversion of the World." "Africa," a poem."To S.," a letter. "Thoughts on Our Savior's Agony in Gethsemane." "The unhallowed Marriage." "Thoughts on the Redemption of Man." "A Word for the Indians." "Is the Obligation Greater to Become a Foreign Than a Domestic Missionary? Affirmative." "Early Recollections: the Death of a Sister." "On the Death of a Sister." "A Voice from the Indians at the West." "And Isaac Went Out to meditate in the Field at the Eventide." "The Seaman's Appeal," a poem.
1833-1842
7
6
Johnson, Obadiah Meeker (AC 1832). Oration: "Pacific Principles."
1832
7
2
Johnson, Stephen. Jr. (AC 1827) Dissertation: "Moral Effect of History."
1827
7
2
Johnston, William M. (AC 1827). "The Comparative Interest of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America."
1827
3
63
Jordan, Weeks & Co., Boston, Mass., to George Barrows (AC 1840), Amherst College.
1838 Dec 28
8
2
Kellogg, Ensign Hosmer. (AC 1836). Oration: "Intellectual Exertion Under American Influences."
1836
8
2
Kellogg, Loyal Case. (AC 1836). Oration: "The Mutability of National Characteristics."
1836
8
2
Kellogg, Loyal Case. (AC 1836). Oration: "Taste."
1835 Nov
7
2
Kendall, John Ballard (AC 1827). Oration: "National Feeling."
1827
1
19
Kendall, John Ballard (AC 1827), Eckford, Michigan, to Edward Payson Crowell, n.p.
1. Amherst College - Trustees
1875 May 10
3
50
Kidder, John Summer (AC 1839), Hopkins, Mich., to classmates, [Amherst College].
1879 Jun 25
7
3
Kidder, Corbin. (AC 1828). Poem: "Confusion of Tongues."
1828
7
2
Kingsbury, Enoch. (AC 1827). Oration: "On Truth."
1827
7
5
Kirkland, Edward. (AC 1831) Discussion (untitled).
1831
7
3
Kittredge, Hosea (AC 1828). Oration: "Internal Improvement."
1828
1
27
Kittredge, Hosea (AC 1828), Mason, Mich., to Asa Bullard.
1868 Jun 29
2
35
Larkin, Lyman Beecher (AC 1835), Ballston Spa, N.Y., to Edward Payson Crowell, Amherst College. Two letters.
1. Henry Ward Beecher
1881
1
5
Leavitt, Jonathan (AC 1825), Cornish, to Jacob Abbott, Amherst College.
1828 Jul 15
4
20
Lefavour, Isaachar (AC 1842). Two autobiographical sketches.
1. Gorham Rebellion, 1836 2. John M. Tyler
1902 Aug 26
5
31
Leonard, Hartford Pratt (AC non-grad 1846), to. Carver, Mass., to [William L.] Montague, [Amherst, Mass.]
1879 Dec 5
1
20
Littel, E., Philadelphia, Pa. to Alfred Wright (AC 1827), Amherst, Mass.
1832? Nov 19
7
8
Lombard, Otis. (AC 1834). Disquisition: "The Propriety of Appeals to the Passions."
1834 Aug
4
85
Long, Josiah Holloway (AC 1845), Marion, Ala., to Mr. and Mrs. William Seymour Tyler. Six letters.
1. Slavery
1845-1847
7
5
Lord, Chester (AC 1831).Oration: "Literary Influence of the Various Systems of Religious Belief."
1831 Jul
3
34
Lord, Charles (AC 1838), Madison, Wis., to William W. Fowler, Amherst College.
1. Amherst College - Alexandrian Society
1853 Aug 5
3
22
Lord, Nathan Lyndes (AC 1837), Plymouth Marshall County, Ind., to William S. Tyler, Amherst College.
1852 Feb 28
7
6
Lord, Otis Phillips (AC 1832). Oration: "The Destiny of Human Knowledge."
1832
4
58
Lothrop, Henry Tisdale (AC 1844). Essay on civil government.
1. Aaron Warner 2. William B. Calhoun
1844 Aug 6
7
3
Lothrop, Edwin Howard (AC 1828) Essay: "On the effect of Active Benevolence on Individual Character."
1828
7
2
Lyman, Giles. (AC 1827). Oration: "National Feeling."
1827 Aug 22
8
3
Lyman, George (AC 1837). Disquisition: "Premature Development of Mind."
1837
4
59
Lyman, Timothy (AC 1844). Oration: "Individuality."
1. Aaron Warner 2. Nathan W. Fiske
1844 Aug 8
7
5
Manton, Daniel Eddy (AC 1831). Oration: "The Reciprocal Influence of Science and Religion; Has It Been Beneficial?"
1831 Aug 31
5
79
Mallet, John Williams, Dublin, to William Smith Clark (AC 1848), [Göttingen, Germany].
1852 Mar 1
3
35
Mann, Asa (AC 1838), Hardwick, Mass., to William S. Tyler, Amherst College.
1851 Jul 3
5
72
[Manross, Newton Spaulding], Amherst, Mass., to William [Smith Clark] (AC 1848), n.p.
1. U.S. Civil War-Cannon 2. Frazar Stearns
1862 Apr 20
5
1
March, Francis Andrew (AC 1845). Essay on the spirit of Lord Bacon's Philosophy.
ca. 1845
4
86
March, Francis Andrew (AC 1845). Oration: "God in Science."
1. Aaron Fowler 2. [Emily Fowler] Ford
1845
4
89
March, Francis Andrew (AC 1845), n.p., to John C. Merrill, Amherst, Mass.
ca. 1850
4
70
March, Francis Andrew (AC 1845), Easton, Pa., to Jerome R. Brigham, Milwaudee, Winsc. Sixteen letters.
1. Higher Education 2. Slavery 3. Stephen A. Douglas 4. Abraham Lincoln
1857-1876
4
88
March, Francis Andrew (AC 1845), Easton, Pa., to William Seymour Tyler, Amherst, Mass.
1857 Dec 7
4
87
March, Francis Andrew (AC 1845). Report of the Committee of Examiners to the Trustees of Amherst College.
1860
5
58
Marsh, John, Southbridge, Mass., to Lucius Manlius Boltwood, Amherst, Mass.
1861 June 18
5
57
Marsh, Ormond Blynn (AC 1847). Oration: "The Change from Superstition to Skepticism."
1. Aaron Warner
1847 Aug 12
5
59
Marsh, Thankful, Southbridge, Mass., to Lucius Manlius Boltwood, Amherst, Mass., with addendum written and signed by John Marsh.
1861 Jun 25/26
8
2
Marsh, Wolcott (AC 1836). Dissertation: "Blind Admiration of Original Genius."
1836 Aug
8
4
Marshall, Jonathan Bryant (AC 1838). Oration: "The Platonic and Baconian Systems Compared."
1838
4
9
Maynard, Eli (AC non-grad 1841), Potsdam, N.Y., to Asa D. Lord, Kirtland, Ohio. Extracts by unknown person.
1838 Jul 9
3
36
Maynard, Horace (AC 1838), Washington, D.C., to Edward P. Crowell, Amherst, Mass.
1. U.S. Congress 2. Edward Maynard 3. U.S. Civil War
1869 Dec 6
8
4
Maynard, Horace (AC 1838). Valedictory: "Pleasures of a Literary Life."
1838
4
3
McKinney, Sabin (AC 1841). Essay: "The Free Banking System," with a note added by William C. Fowler.
1841 Jul
3
84
McKinney, Sabin (AC 1841), Binghamton, N.Y., to Sidney Brooks, Chatham, Mass.
1842 Jul 20
1
38
Merrick, James Lyman (AC 1830). Partial transcriptions by Frank Cary of correspondence between Rev. Merrick and anofficer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, concerning Rev. Merrick's work in Persia.
1.Missionaries
1844-1846
7
4
Merrick, James Lyman (AC 1830). Dissertation: "The Advancement of Mind."
1830 Aug 25
6
15
Miller, Robert D. (AC 1848). "Fast Day Sermon", delivered at Peru, VT.
1861 April 4
6
16
Miller, Robert D. (AC 1848), Malden, Maplewood District, Mass., to his classmates. Two letters.
1893
6
17
Miller, Robert D. (AC 1848). Annotated copy of the pamphlet "D.J. Flanders to Malden Voters."
n.d.
3
51
Miller, Thomas Spencer (AC 1839), Amherst College, to his family, n.p. Six letters.
1. Daniel Frost 2. Ebenezer S. Snell 3. Samuel S. Miller 4. Rev. Moses Miller 5. Bethial Miller
1835-1842
6
18
Miller, Thomas Spencer (AC 1839), Amherst College, to his parents.
1895 Oct 10
8
5
Miller, Thomas Spencer (AC 1839). Oratio Salutatory.
1839
7
4
Millett, Stephen Caldwell (AC 1830). Dissertation: "Prison Discipline Reform."
1830 Jul 20
8
3
Montgomery, Alexander (AC 1837). Untitled oration.
1837
4
90
Moody, Plinius (AC 1845), Dunkirk, N.Y., to William Seymour Tyler, Amherst, Mass.
1853 Mar 19
7
6
Morris, Henry (AC 1832). Discussion: "The Qualifications and Influence of the Man of Letters and the Statesman in our Country. Qualifications and Influence of the American Statesman."
1832
2
26
Morse, Humphrey (AC 1834), Amherst College, to Humphrey Morse (uncle), Hampstead, N.H.
1831 Aug 31
7
8
Morse, Humphrey (AC 1834). Essay: "The Warrior and the Philantropist."
1834
2
27
Neill, Henry (AC 1834), Pittsfield, Mass., to [John Alonzo Seymour], Enfield, Mass.
1866? Dec 4
7
4
Nelson, Ephraim Robbins (AC 1830). Oration: "Progress and Prospects of Human Society."
1830
5
2
Newhall, George Harrison (AC 1845), Amherst, Mass., to Frederick Woods et al, n.p. Two letters.
1840 Aug
5
3
Newhall, George Harrison (AC 1845), Walpole, Mass., to Professor[?]
1. Lucius Manlius Boltwood
1852 Sep 10
7
8
Nichols, Washington Adams (AC 1834). Discussion with William Graves Williams: "Facts and Fiction as a Medium of Influence."
1834 Aug
7
4
Niles, Mark Haskell (AC 1830). The Phenomena of Memory."
1830 Aug 25
5
23
Noyes, Gurdon Wheeler (AC 1846). Oration: "Individuality."
1. Aaron Warner 2. Nathan W. Fiske
1846 Aug 13
4
68
Noyes, Joseph Thomas (AC 1845), Madison, Wisc., to Jerome R. Brigham, Portland, Me.
1857 Oct 8
2
56
Oliphant, David Sewell (AC 1836), Wells, to Alfred B. Ely, Amherst College. Mention of the death of David Rowell C. (AC 1836).
1. Austin Isham
1836 Apr 21
4
60
Osgood, Edward Shirburne (AC 1844). "Party Spirit not Inconsistent with Patriotism.
1. Aaron Warner 2. William B. Calhoun
1844 Aug 8
4
71
Packard, Abel Kingman (AC 1845), Greely and Highland Lake, Colo., to Jerome R. Brigham. Twenty-two letters.
1. Lucy M. Packard
1876-1888
7
2
Paine, William Pomeroy. (AC 1827) Philosophical oration: "The phenomena of the Heavens as Affecting the Mind."
1827
8
5
Palmer, Albert Ripley (AC 1839). Oration: "Political Excitement Favorable to the Development of Genius."
1839
4
28
Parker, Henry Webster (AC 1843), Flushing, N.Y., to John Mason Tyler (AC 1873), Amherst, Mass.
1. Amherst College - History 2. Local History 3. Helen Fiske
1900 Jun 9
2
28
Parker, James Otis (AC 1834), Shirley, Mass. To Franklin Dodge, Amherst College.
1834 Jul 22
8
4
Parker, Melzar (AC 1838). Oration: "Mistery?"
1838
4
4
Parker, Samuel Junius (AC 1841), Ithaca, N.Y., to his classmates.
1891 Jun 19
5
8
Parker, Stillman Edward (AC non-grad 1845), Amherst College, Mass., to Ellen?, n.p.
1841 Oct 31
8
1
Parsons, Benjamin Booth (AC 1835). Discussion with Pomeroy, Lemuel: "Popular Riots, Their Influence Upon the Community."
1835 Aug
6
19
Patrick, Henry J. (AC 1848). Letter and postcard.
1893-1909
7
2
Patridge, Samuel Dwight. (AC 1827). Oration: "The Influence of Government Upon Literature."
1827
7
8
Payson, Thomas Elliot (AC 1834). Oration: "American Patriotism."
1834 Aug
6
20
Peabody, John Q. (AC 1848), Meeting House Green, Ipswich, to his classmates.
1893 Jun 19
8
1
Peabody, William Augustus (AC 1835). Oration: "The Defects of Ethical Systems."
1835 Aug
3
76
Perkins, Ariel Ebenezer Parish (AC 1840). Oration: "Association of ideas as contributing to present enjoyments."
1840 Aug 26
1
30
Perkins, Justin (AC 1829). Unkown, Philadelphia, Pa., to Rev. Justin Perkins, D.D., n.p.
1. Slavery
1863 Dec 20
4
29
Pierce, Asa Clinton (AC 1843). Essay: "The Dependence of Philosophy upon the Progress of Civil Liberties Exemplified in the Revolutions of the 16th and 17th Centuries."
1. Nathan W. Fiske
1843
3
37
Pierce, Edwin Willard (AC 1838), Amherst College, to Mrs. M.R. Dean (his sister), Newburyport, Mass.
1. Slavery
1837 Jul 24
3
77
Pitkin, Frederick Hyde (AC 1840). "Dispute: Is Elizabeth of England Censurable for the Treatment of Mary Queen of Scots? Affirmative."
1840 Aug 26
5
32
Plimpton, Alfred M., Southbridge, Mass., to Alfred S. Goodale, Amherst, Mass.
1916 Jul 28
5
25
Plimpton, Salem Marsh (AC 1846). Oration: "Real Life."
1. Aaron Warner
1846 Aug 13
5
34
Plimpton, Stanley W., Southbridge, Mass., to unknown, n. p., giving biographical information on Daniel Bacon Plimpton (AC non-grad 1846).
1916 Aug 1
6
21
Pomeroy, Isaac (AC 1848), Ashland, Mass., to Prof. E. P. Crowell, n.p.
1881 Mar 2
3
23
Poor, Daniel Warren (AC 1837), Philadelphia, Pa., to unknown, n.p.
1883 Sep 12
1
39
Powers, Philander Oliver (AC 1830), to Rev. William S. Tyler, Amherst College. Two letters.
1. Missionaries
1839-1852
7
4
Powers, Philander Oliver (AC 1830). Disputation with Benjamin Schneider: "Has Enthusiasm or Genius Contributed More to the Advancement of Science and Literature?"
1830
6
22
Pratt, Caroline Drury. Correspondence with her sister Almira Drury.
1822-1858
6
23
Pratt, Caroline Drury. Correspondence with her cousin Clarissa Cary.
1821-1838
6
24
Pratt, Caroline Drury. Correspondence with her cousin Elisa Cannon.
1826-1891
6
25
Pratt, Caroline Drury. Twenty-four letters.
1822-1847
3
2
Pratt, George Cooley (AC non-grad 1836), St. Louis, to Julius Hawley Seelye, Amherst, Mass.
1879 Apr 11
8
5
Preston, James Willard (AC 1839). Oration: "The Independent Statesman."
1839
2
57
Pritchett, Edward Corrie. Disputation with James C. Bryant: "Is Influence of Severe or Commendatory Criticism Favorable to Literature?"
ca. 1835
8
5
Ray, John Wainwright (AC 1839). Oration: "The Inspiration of a Good Cause."
1839
6
26
Raynor, James W. (AC 1848), Brooklyn, N.Y., to Prof. W.S. Tyler, Amherst College.
1851 Aug 11
6
27
Read, Hanson L. (AC 1848), Amherst College, to his brother James Rolfe, Lowell, Mass.
1846 Feb 7
8
3
Reed, William Barrett (AC 1837). Oration: "The Influence of Natural on Moral Science."
1837
7
7
Reid, William Shields (AC 1833) Disquisition; untitled but in substance: the progress of society and its influence on imaginative literature.
1833 Aug
5
83
Reno, Jesse Lee, Newbern, N.C., to John Albion Andrew, n.p. transcription of recommendation for a Brevet Commission for William Smith Clark (AC 1848). Copyist unknown.
1. U.S. Civil War - 21st Regiment - Mass. Volunteers
1862 Apr 28
7
2
Reynolds, Tertius. (AC 1827). "A Conference. The Political Importance of England Under the Reign of the Stuarts."
1827
3
53
Rice, Thomas Osborne (AC 1839), Amherst, Mass., to Jesse Rice (uncle), Lynn, Mass.
1838 Jan 1
3
17
Rice, Thomas Osborne (AC 1839), Amherst College, to Charles Hartwell Cragin (AC 1837), Richmond,Va.
1. Amherst College - Athenian Society
1838 Jan 2
3
52
Rice, Thomas Osborne (AC 1839), Amherst, Mass., to Charles H. Cragin, Richmond, Va.
1. Amherst College - Athenian Society
1838 Jan 2
7
3
Richards, William (AC 1828). Valedictory: "Farewell, to Trustees, President and Classmates."
1828
6
28
Richardson, Nathanael (AC 1836). Certificate written by President Humphrey.
1836 Aug 22
1
31
Riggs, Elias (AC 1829), Constantinople, "To Members of the Faculty of Amherst College."
1. Amherst College - History 2. Heman Humphrey 3. Ebenezer Strong Snell 4. Missionaries
1899 Jun 1
1
32
Riggs, Elias (AC 1829). Two letters from fellow theologians.
1. Union Theological Seminary 2. J.W.M. Lane 3. Henry B. Smith
1858 May 12; 17
8
2
Robinson, Stuart (AC 1836). Oration: "Intellectual Character of the Men of the Revolution."
1836
8
3
Rockwell, Joel Edison (AC 1837). Oration: "Immortality of Original Genius."
1837 Aug
8
5
Rosseel, J.A. (AC 1839). Commencement exhibition.
1839
3
6
Rowell, Daniel Chase (AC non-grad 1836). Lecture notes on Natural Philosophy.
1. Ebenezer S. Snell
[1832?]
8
3
Rowell, George Berkley (AC 1837). "Geology."
1837
4
61
Russell, Edward Augustus (AC 1844). Oration: "Free Trade."
1. Aaron Warner 2. William B. Calhoun
1844 Jul 26
1
49
Sabin, Lewis (AC 1831), Templeton, to Prof. Edward Hitchcock, Amherst College.
1. John Hancock
1869 Dec 17
7
5
Sabin, Lewis (AC 1831). Valedictory: "On the Homage Rendered to Consecrated Talents."
1831
8
5
Sanderson, John Pease (AC 1839). Oration: "Ultra Democracy."
1839
1
40
Schneider, Benjamin (AC 1830), to Prof. William S. Tyler, Amherst College. Three letters.
1. Missionaries
1839-1840
6
29
Sewary, William, Albany, N.Y., to Thomas S. Russell (AC 1841), Samuel H. Allen (AC 1841), et. al., Amherst College.
1841 Jan 20
8
4
Seymour, Henry (AC 1838). Oration: "Claims of Science Upon Government."
1838
6
30
Shepard, Thomas (AC 1848), Ashland, Mass., to Prof. E. P. Crowell, n .p.
1881 Jul 28
5
26
Skiff, Harvey James (AC 1846), Newton, Iowa, to [Edward P. Crowell], Amherst College.
1. U.S. Civil War
1870 Oct 31
8
4
Smith, Charles Fuller (AC 1838). Dissertation: "The Decay of the Latin Language."
1838
4
30
Smith, Henry Bagg (AC 1843). Essay: "Is Public Opinion a Safe Guide in Morals?"
1. Nathan W. Fiske
1843
5
60
Soule, George (AC 1847). Oration: "The Great Repealer."
1. Aaron Warner
1847 Aug 12
4
74
Soule, George (AC 1847), Hampton, Conn., to William Seymour Tyler, Amherst, Mass.
1. Edward J. Cornish
1859 Aug 5
3
39
Spare, John (AC 1838), New Bedford, Mass., to President Julius H. Seelye, Amherst College.
1. Amherst College - Quaternions
1884 Jan 4
3
40
Spare, John (AC 1838), New Bedford, Mass., to William Cole Esty, Amherst, Mass.
1. Amherst College - Quaternions
1884 Jan 21
3
41
Spare, John (AC 1838), [New Bedford, Mass.], to [Edward Baxter] Marsh, [Amherst College].
1. Amherst College - Quaternions
ca. 1885
5
28
Spear, Charles Vinal (AC 1846). Oration: "The Moral Element in Art."
1. Aaron Warner 2. Nathan W. Fiske
1846 Aug 13
5
27
Spear, Charles Vinal (AC 1846), E. Randolph, Mass., to William Seymour Tyler, [Amherst College, Mass]. Two letters.
1852
3
78
Spofford, Henry Martyn (AC 1840). "Oratio Salutatoria MDCCCXL."
1. William S. Tyler
1840 Aug 26
8
5
Spofford, Richard Cecil (AC 1839). Oration: "The Years of Toil."
1839
5
76
Star Grove Silver Mining Company, N.Y. Dividend certificate no. 8, addressed to E. Hitchcock, Amherst, Mass., signed by John B. Bothwell, secretary and treasurer. Autograph note on verso, signed "E.H."
1881 Jun 30
7
8
Stebbins, Rufus Phineas (AC 1834). Oration: "Mind."
1834
3
1
Stearns, Jesse George Davis (AC 1836), Zumbrota, Minn., to William Lewis Montague, Amherst College.
1877 Mar 15
8
2
Stearns, Jesse George Davis (AC 1836). Oration: "The Relation of the Right to the Will of the Deity."
1836
7
7
Stearns, Timothy (AC 1833) Essay: "Prospects of Christianity."
1833
4
47
Stedman, Edmund C., New York [?], to Erastus W. Ellsworth (AC 1844), East Windsor Hill, Conn. Written on tissue.
1881 Oct 8
7
4
Stickney, Moses Parsons (AC 1830). Disputation with L.H. Van Dyck: "Ought Representatives to be Governed by the Instructions of Their Constituents?"
1830 Jul
5
4
Stockbridge, Henry Smith (AC 1845), Baltimore, Md., to Jerome Ripley Brigham, [Milwaukee, Wisc.] Seventeen letters.
1. U.S. Civil War 2. William S. Clark 3. Frederick Douglas
1857-1888
7
8
Stone, Timothy Dwight Porter (AC 1834). Poem: "Death of Byron."
1834 Aug
5
29
Storrs, Henry Martyn (AC 1846), Orange, N.J., to Samuel E. Herrick, Boston, Mass.
1885 Nov 30
3
54
Storrs, Richard Salter (AC 1839), Brooklyn, N.Y., to unknown, n.p. Two letters.
1834-1874
3
55
Storrs, Richard Salter (AC 1839), Brooklyn, N.Y., to William Austin Dickinson, Amherst, Mass. Two letters.
1. Amherst College - Trustees
1889
3
56
Storrs, Richard Salter (AC 1839), Shelter Island Heights, N.Y., to Anson D. Morse, Amherst, Mass.
1. Amherst College - Trustees
1898 Aug 5
3
79
Stratton, John Herrick (AC 1840). Oration: "Supremacy of the Moral Sentiment."
1. Nathan W. Fiske
1840 Aug 26
7
7
Stuart, William Zephaniah (AC 1833). Oratio Salutatoria; "Philosophy of Dreams."
1833 Aug
5
81
Sturgis, L.D., Fredericksburg, Va., to William Smith Clark (AC 1848), n.p.
1. U.S. Civil War - 21st regiment - Mass. Volunteers
1863 Feb 4
8
5
Sumner, Geo (AC 1839). Oration: "Unity of Purpose in Professional Life."
1839
7
7
Symonds, Stephen (AC 1833). Disputation: "Is It the Duty of Every Citizen to Cooperate with Some Political Party?"
1833 Aug
6
31
Syracuse, Norman N. E. (AC non-grad 1847). Recommendation letter signed by Edward Hitchcock (AC 1848), E.S. Snell, and W.S. Tyler.
n.d.
7
5
Talcott, Daniel Smith (AC 1831). Oration: "The Abuses of Genius."
1831
2
5
Tappan, Samuel Salisbury (AC 1833), Conway, N.H., to William S. Tyler, Amherst College.
1852 May 21
7
4
Taylor, Abner (AC 1830) Dissertation: "Why Do You Read Dunallan?"
1830 Aug 18
6
32
Taylor, Horace W. (AC 1848). Two letters.
1893 Jun 22
8
5
Taylor, James Allen (AC 1839). Disquisition: "The Bible, Its Morality."
1839 Aug
8
1
Taylor, Timothy Alden (AC 1835). Salutatory.
1835
4
31
Temple, Daniel Herbert (AC 1843). "Oratio Salutatorio."
1. William S. Tyler
1843
4
6
Tenney, Francis Vergnies (AC 1841). Essay: "Is the Present Age Too Incredulous With Regard to Discoveries in Science?"
1. Nathan W. Fiske 2. William C. Fowler
ca. 1841
7
5
Thayer, Erastus William (AC 1831). Oration: "Dethronement of Charles X."
1831
2
43
Thompson, Charles Frederick (AC 1835), Sturbridge, Mass., to unknown, n.p.
1834 Oct 15
2
39
Thompson, Charles Frederick (AC 1835). Commencement address; reflections on Alexander Pope's "Essay on Man."
1. Jonathan B. Condit
1835 Aug 26
2
41
Thompson, Charles Frederick (AC 1835). Essays on Addison, Byron, Milton, Ossian, John Harvard, Tacitus, John Howard, and one on evaporation.
1. Ebenezer S. Snell 2. Jonathan B. Condit 3. Edward Hitchcock
ca. 1834
2
36
Thompson, Charles Frederick (AC 1835). Fifteen essays on religion and philosophy.
1. Edwards A. Parks 2. Jonathan B. Condit
ca. 1834
2
42
Thompson, Charles Frederick (AC 1835). Prose fragments.
ca. 1834
2
38
Thompson, Charles Frederick (AC 1835). Record of expenses.
[1835 Jan 9]
2
40
Thompson, Charles Frederick (AC 1835). Seven essays on history and politics.
1. Edwards A. Parks 2. William B. Calhoun
ca. 1835
8
1
Thompson, Charles Frederick (AC 1835). Oration: "New England and Her Sons."
1835 Aug
2
37
Thompson, Charles Frederick (AC 1835). Two poems: "Mary of the Whild More" and "Ode to New Hampshire." Springfield, Vt.
1. Jonathan B. Condit
1833 May 21
8
1
Thompson, Leander (AC 1835). Oration: "The Comparative Influence of the Past and the Future Upon the Imaginations."
1835
2
29
Thompson, Leander (AC 1835), North Woburn, Mass., to Edward Payson Crowell, [Amherst College] about classmates.
1872 Mar 21
2
30
Thompson, Leander (AC 1835), North Woburn, Mass., to William Lewis Montague, Amherst College.
1879 Dec 16
7
2
Tinker, Reuben. (AC 1827). Oration: "Inconsistencies of Public Sentiment."
1827
7
8
Thurston, Eli (AC 1834). Dissertation: "Despotism."
1834 Aug
1
28
Tobey, Alvan (AC 1828), Durham, NH, to William S. Tyler, n.p.
1. Amherst College - History
1869 Mar 31
7
3
Tobey, Alvan (AC 1828). Oration: "Contemplation of Great Objects."
1828
4
66
Tolman, Albert (AC 1845), Leavesboro, Mass., to John Stebbins Lee, n.p.
1860 Jul 30
5
5
Tolman, Albert (AC 1845) Pittsfield, Mass., to Edward B. Marsh, n.p.
1889 Aug 21
3
57
Tolman, Richard (AC 1839) "Change in Society."
1839 Aug 28
4
62
Torrance, William (AC 1844) "Success in professional life..."
1. Nathan W. Fiske 2. Aaron Warner
ca. 1844
4
32
Torrey, David (AC 1843). Three letters to his family.
1840-1863
8
5
Tuthill, George Miller (AC 1839). Disquisition: "The Literature of the Millenium."
1839
7
7
Tuttle, Anson Yale (AC 1833). Scientific dissertation.
1833 Aug
5
67
Tyler, John Mason (AC 1873). "Col. William Clark," speech given at dedication of Clark Hall, University of Massachusetts.
1907
1
50
Tyler, Wellington Hart (AC 1831). Two "Addresses on Intemperance" plus his life insurance premium receipt.
1834 Jul 4
7
5
Tyler, Wellington Hart (AC 1831). Oration: "Destiny of the English Language."
1831 Aug 24
4
64
Tyler, William Ebenezer (AC 1844), Boston, Mass., to John Mason Tyler, Amherst, Mass. Two letters.
1. Amherst College - History 2. Nathan W. Fiske
1900 Jun
4
63
Tyler, William Ebenezer (AC 1844). "Does Adherence to Purity Disqualify a Writer From Being an Historian?"
1. Nathan W. Fiske 2. Aaron Warner
ca. 1844
4
83
Tyler, William Seymour, Amherst, Mass., to Samuel Williston, n.p.
1863 Apr 30
5
61
Upton, John Riddle (AC 1847). Dissertation: "The Only Conservative Principle of Government - Christianity."
1. Aaron Warner
1847 Jul 16
5
62
Upton, John Riddle (AC 1847), Dixon, Scott Co., Iowa, to [William Seymour] Tyler, [Amherst, Mass.]
1.Missionaries 2. Charles Henry Gates 3. Luther Rice White 4. Amherst College - History
1854 Jan 10
8
5
Vaile, Rawson (AC 1839). Oration: "The Neglect of the Right of Suffrage."
1839
7
1
Van Dyck, John Brevoot. (AC 1826). Third part of a commencement conference on the effects of legal, literary, and moral influence upon society.
1826
7
4
Van Dyck, Lawrence Henry (AC 1830). Disputation: "In Maintaining the Affirmative of the Question, Whether Representatives ought to be Governed by the Instructions of Their Constituents, We Shall Deduce Our First Argument From the Design of Representative Governments."
1830 Aug
3
25
Van Lennep, Henry John (AC 1837), to Christopher L. M. Evangeles, New York, N.Y. Two letters.
1832-1835
3
24
Van Lennep, Henry John (AC 1837), Great Barrington, Mass., to Edward Hitchcock, [Amherst College?] Two letters signed by Emily Ann Van Lennep.
1. Amherst College - History
1869-1870
8
3
Van Lennep, Henry John (AC 1837). Valedictory: "Intellectual Pursuits - Unlimited."
1837
3
27
Vinton, Frederick (AC 1837), Princeton, N.J., to Edward B. Marsh, Amherst, Mass.
1. Andrew Patton Happer
1885 Jun 6
7
6
Wakefield, Horace Poole (AC 1832). Oration: "Nullification."
1832 Aug
3
58
Wakefield, William (AC 1839), Madison, Ohio, to William S. Tyler, Amherst, Mass.
1853 Jul 24
3
42
Walker, William (AC 1838), Milton, Wis., to the Registrar, Amherst College.
1. Missionaries 2. Edward B. Marsh
1889 Dec 18
5
64
Walters, Lemuel Healey (AC 1847), New York, to William Seymour Tyler, Amherst, Mass. Two letters.
1. Education - Central College
1850-1869
5
65
Walters, Lemuel Healey (AC 1847), Montrose, Pa., to William Seymour Tyler, Amherst, Mass.
1. Central College 2. Charles L. Benson
1851 Jul 23
5
63
Walters, Lemuel Healey (AC 1847). Orartion: "Reason and Philosophy Subordinate to Revelation."
1. Aaron Warner
1847 Aug 12
6
33
Wason, Hiram (AC 1838), Amherst College, to his sister Louisa Wason, Boston, Mass.
1837 Dec 2
3
80
Watson, Edward Flint (AC 1840). "Hope: 'A Poem' Written for the Annual Commencement at Amherst College."
1. William C. Fowler
1840 Aug 26
8
5
Waters, Andrew (AC 1839). Oration: "Self?" (torn)
1839
7
5
Waters, George (AC 1831). Disputation with Huntington: "Is the Spirit of Enterprise in our Country Favorable to Morality and Happiness?"
1831
6
34
Wedge, H., Wilkinsonville, to Prof. Chickering, concerning his brothers Newell Wedge (AC 1848) and Tyler Wedge (AC 1848).
1884 Jun 5
4
33
Welles, James Henry (AC 1843), Everett House, N.Y., to William Seymour Tyler, Amherst, Mass.
1. Ebenezer S. Snell
1863 Mar 21
4
21
Wells, Rufus Porter (AC 1842). Essay: "Will the New England Character Remain Essentially the Same during the Present Century?"
1. Nathan W. Fiske
ca. 1842
7
8
White, James Wilson (AC 1834). Oration: "Memory of LaFayette."
1834 Aug
7
8
White, Robert McRae (AC 1834). Orations: "The Emotions."
1834
7
2
Winch, Moses. (AC 1827). Disputation: "Ought the Colonization Society to be Patronized by the General Government?"
1827
3
26
Wilcox, Alvan, New Haven, Conn., to Henry John Van Lennep (AC 1837), Amherst, Mass. Two letters.
1. Amherst College - Society Keyes
1836-1837
3
33
Wilcox, Alvan, New Haven, Conn., to Abraham Jenkins (AC 1838).
1. Amherst College - Society Keyes
1837
3
49
Wilcox, Alvan, New Haven, Conn., to Frederick Dan Huntington (AC 1839), Amherst College. Four letters.
1. Amherst College - Society of Natural History
1838-1839
7
4
Wilkinson, Reed (AC 1830). Dissertation: "The Moral Character and Influence of English Literature."
1830 Aug
7
1
Willard, Frederic Augustus. (AC 1826). Oration: "Influence of Modern Chemical Discoveries on the Progress of Science and the Arts."
1826
3
81
Williams, George Milton (AC 1840). Oration: "Severity of Criticism Proportionate to Literary Fame."
1. William C. Fowler
1840 Aug 17
4
65
Williams, Lester (AC 1844). Essay on Christianity and the struggle for suffrage rights.
1. Heman Humphrey 2. Aaron Warner
1844 Aug 2
2
22
Williams, William Graves (AC 1834), Leavenworth City, Kans., to Edward Payson Crowell, Amherst College.
1. U.S. Civil War
1870 Jun 6
4
22
Wilson, Andrew (AC 1842). Oration: "Faith the Creation of Reason."
1. Heman Humphrey
1842 Jul
7
8
Winn, John (AC 1834). Discussion: "The Expediency of Making Temperance a Subject of Legislation."
1834 Aug
1
51
Wood, Artemas Augustus (AC 1831), Amherst College, to Henry Chaney, Randolph, Vt.
ca. 1828 Jul 14
7
6
Wood, Theodore Sedgwick (AC 1832). Oration: "Oblivion."
1832
1
14
Wyman, Joel W. (AC 1825), Boiling Springs, to brother, n.p.
1826 Jan 16
5
7
Woodman, George Sullivan (AC 1846), Lynn, Mass., to Edward Payson Crowell, Amherst, Mass.
1. Henry N. Wyman
1873 Mar 12
5
30
Woodman, George Sullivan (AC 1846). Oration: "The Fine Arts."
1. Aaron Warner
1846 Aug 13
5
6
Woodsworth, Charles Louis (AC 1845), Boston, Mass., to Edward Payson Crowell, Amherts, Mass.
1. U.S. Civil War
1874? Nov 7
8
1
Wyman, Edward (AC 1835). Oration: "The Influence of Mental Culture on Crime."
1835
4
7
Yerington, Alexander (AC 1841). Essay on Matter.
1. Ebenezer S. Snell 2. William C. Fowler
ca. 1841