Diary of Joseph Cleaver, Jr., kept at Delaware College 1853 August 31–1854 November 21

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Diary of Joseph Cleaver, Jr., kept at Delaware College 1853 August 31–1854 November 21

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This typed transcript of a diary kept by Delaware College student Joseph Cleaver for the period 1853-1854 describes student life at the college, the curriculum, and Cleaver’s involvement in the Athenaean Literary Society.

1 v. (66 p.)

eng,

University of Delaware Library - Special Collections

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Delaware College

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Cleaver, Joseph, 1833-1909

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Joseph Cleaver was born in 1833, the son of Joseph and Catherine Cleaver of Port Penn, Delaware. He attended Delaware College in Newark in the mid 1850s. After leaving the college, he began working on his family farm near Port Penn, which was left to him after his father’s death. He married Josephine E. Reybold (September 6, 1838–February 23, 1916) with whom he had four children. Late in his life, Cleaver moved to Delaware City, Delaware, where he died on November 13, 1909. Cleaver ...

Delaware College. Athenaen Literary Society.

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