Student essays of Joseph Stevens Buckminster, 1798-1799

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Student essays of Joseph Stevens Buckminster, 1798-1799

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This collection contains five handwritten essays composed by Joseph Stevens Buckminster (1784-1812; Harvard AB 1800) when he was an undergraduate at Harvard College in 1798 and 1799. Buckminster, an influential Unitarian minister of the Brattle Street Church in Cambridge, was instrumental in disseminating German biblical criticism in New England. Buckminster's student essays follow a format typical for late 18th century Harvard undergraduate essays and delve into themes of greed, the role of the arts in human refinement, conscience, and the ills of procrastination. The compositions provide a resource for studying the academic life of Harvard undergraduates in the 18th century, and they offer information on the subjects and styles of student themes and orations.

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Buckminster, J. S. (Joseph Stevens), 1784-1812

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Unitarian clergyman, author, and an Athenaeum founder. From the description of Papers, 1797-1812. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 14968096 Joseph Stevens Buckminster received his A.B. from Harvard in 1800. From the description of [Student themes] , 1798-1799. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072616 Unitarian minister and Athenaeum founder. From the description of Papers, 1806 April 24-1807 Aug. 7. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldC...