Inventory to the Records of the Peithessophian Society of Rutgers College 1825-1927

Rutgers University

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From July 12 to July 17, 1967, the city of Newark, New Jersey, was wrecked by racial violence. In six days of rioting, 23 people were killed, 725 were injured and nearly 1,500 were arrested. Property damage was estimated at over $10 million. While the riots were still in progress, sixty community leaders formed a Committee of Concern with the following aims: to help restore calm to the city, to study the causes of racial unrest, and to formulate goals for social and economic improve...

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

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William Cullen Bryant (b. November 3, 1794, Cummington, Massachusetts-d. June 12, 1878, New York, New York), American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post....

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...

Sergeant, John, 1799-1852

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Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

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Millard Fillmore was born in Cayuga County, N.Y. and later became a resident of East Aurora and Buffalo. He was a lawyer, local office holder, State Assemblyman, U.S. Congressman, N.Y. State Comptroller, Vice-President under Zachary Taylor and 13th U.S. President, 1850-1853. He was also involved in establishing numerous Buffalo institutions. He was a founder and first Chancellor of the University of Buffalo, Commander of the Union Continentals (Home Guard) during Civil War, and first president o...

Peithesopphian Society of Rutgers College

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Vethake, Henry, 1792-1866

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Economist; professor of moral philosophy, College of New Jersey. From the description of Letter : Princeton, N.J., to Rev. Dr. Cuyler, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1831 July 15. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28996531 ...

Rutgers College

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Rutgers was first chartered in 1766 as Queen's College, the eighth institution of higher learning to be founded in the colonies. The school opened its doors in New Brunswick in 1771 and during its early years, the college developed as a classic liberal arts institution. In 1825, the name of the college was changed to honor a former trustee and Revolutionary War veteran, Colonel Henry Rutgers. In 1864, Rutgers College became the land-grant college of New Jersey. Rutgers College attained universit...

Peithessophian Society of Rutgers College

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Introduction College literary societies played important social, intellectual, and educational roles in nineteenth century higher learning. Through the literary societies students developed the skills of rhetoric and statesmanship that helped more fully utilize the classical education being taught in college classrooms. Rhetorical skills were honed through the writing of essays, orations before the society, and participation in debates. The societies also sought to incre...

Cannon, James Spencer, 1949-....

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Frelinghuysen, Theodore, 1787-1862

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Coxe, Richard S. (Richard Smith), 1792-1865

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New Jersey lawyer who moved to Washington, D.C. in 1822 and developed a large legal practice. From the description of Letter : Georgetown, D.C., to Garret D. Wall, Trenton, N.J., 1822 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22341773 Lawyer, of Philadelphia, Pa., Burlington, N.J., and Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1770-1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28375336 Lawyer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Burlington, Burlington County, New...

Frelinghuysen, Frederick T. (Frederick Theodore), 1817-1885

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Lawyer, U.S. secretary of state, and U.S. senator from New Jersey. From the description of Frederick T. Frelinghuysen papers, 1882-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79194297 New Jersey statesman and U. S. Senator. From the description of Letter : Newark, New Jersey, to Marston Niles, 1874 Aug 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122290163 From the description of Letter : Newark, New Jersey, to Marston Niles, 1874 Aug 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...

Brown, George W. (George Washington), 1820-1915

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Author and historian; attorney; physician; established Kansas Herald of Freedom, Lawrence, Kansas, 1854 (first free state newspaper in Kansas). Lived his later years in Rockford, Illinois. From the description of Papers, 1903-1913. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27731691 ...

Ogilby, John D. (John David), 1810-1851

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Seminary professor. Ogilby was Professor of Ecclesiastical History at General Theological Seminary. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1792]-1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155475210 ...

Strange, Robert, 1796-1854

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Senator from North Carolina. From the description of Letters : Washington, D.C., to the Secretary of the Navy, 1839-1840. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28885741 Robert Strange was a United States senator from North Carolina from 1836 to 1840. From the guide to the Robert Strange Papers, ., 1832, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Stevens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hodgdon), 1789-1869

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New York surgeon. From the description of Papers, 1839 and undated, [New York City]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35359698 ...

Potts, Stacy G. (Stacy Gardner), 1799-1865

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Dwight, Theodore W. (Theodore William), 1822-1892

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Theodore William Dwight (1822-1892) was an American lawyer and professor of law. Dwight began teaching at the Columbia College Law School as its only professor in 1858, the year the school was founded. George W. Van Siclen and Edwin W. Coggeshall were law students at the Columbia College Law School. From the guide to the Notes from Theodore W. Dwight lectures, 1866-1867, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Theodore William Dwight (1...