Papers, 1808-1848.

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Papers, 1808-1848.

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This collection of papers contains nine addresses by Burnside, most of which were given during the 1830s. The majority of them concern public education in general and public education in Worcester. One of the addresses contrasts the European and American systems of education and another presents the necessity of establishing public schools in the West. Also included are: a speech urging opposition to the spread of Catholicism, a 4th of July oration, and an address on temperance. The papers also contain a small amount of correspondence concerning legal matters and Burnside's educational involvement. Burnside wrote a letter in 1808, while a student at Harvard, concerning Professor John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) and his oratorical ability. In addition to the above, the collection contains: a docket book for the Court of Common Pleas of Worcester County, 1810-1817; six interleaved diaries in the Massachusetts Register, 1810, 1814, 1815, 1818, 1822, 1845, which are basically records of correspondence and monetary matters; and eleven other, more extensive diaries, July 19, 1826 - December 31, 1848, which give a general account of his personal, familial and professional activities as well as a record of the weather. The entries include details of his duties as a member of the Worcester School Committee in periodic examinations of various schools, his attendance at meetings of historical societies, Leicester Academy trustees, and the board of directors of a local bank. Burnside also described his travels to nearby towns, New York City, Washington, D.C., and a trip which he took with his family to several Southern states in 1847. There are also occasional comments on economic troubles in the country during the 1830s as well as autobiographical entries.

1 folder (19 items)19 v. ; octavo.

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