Fiske Papers 1824-1847

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Fiske Papers 1824-1847

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The bulk of his collection is comprised of notes by Fiske on Greek Language and Literature, Mental and moral philosophy and American History, in which he apparently had an interest.

5 archives boxes; (2.5 linear ft.)

eng,

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Fiske, N. W. (Nathan Welby), 1798-1847

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Nathan Welby Fiske, the father of Helen Hunt Jackson, was born on April 17, 1798 in Weston, Mass. He graduated with high honors from Dartmouth College in 1817. From there he went to New Castle, Maine where he had charge of the Academy there for one year. After this he returned to Dartmouth where he tutored for two years. He entered the Theological Seminary at Andover in the autumn of 1820, where he spent three years, and closed his preparatory studies for the ministry in the fall of 1823. He acc...