Charles Benjamin Merrill diary 1844-1847

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Charles Benjamin Merrill diary 1844-1847

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1972

Charles Benjamin Merrill kept this diary from April 14, 1844-July 22, 1847 while he was a student at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and during vacations at home in Portland, Maine. Entries refer to lectures and teachers; sermons, often mentioning names of preachers; fraternity activities; social life; part time library work; sports; concerts; weather conditions; trips to Boston, Cambridge, Concord, Hanover, and other locations; commencement exercises; politics, including a mention of President James K. Polk's visit to Portland on July 2, 1847; and other topics

.21 linear foot (1 volume)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6312241

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Bowdoin College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jr1q64 (corporateBody)

Merrill, Charles Benjamin

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63k67jz (person)

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6096vcg (person)

James Knox Polk followed a career path which was blazed by Andrew Jackson. Both men hailed from southwestern North Carolina. Both migrated to Tennessee, where they practiced law and entered politics, and both were elected president of the United States. As similar as their paths were, James Polk was a different personality from his fiery predecessor. His life and career were marked by a relentless pursuit of his goals instead of the dramatic aura that perpetually surrounded Jackson. The effect...