Letter, 1792, Jan. 16 : Salem, to Rev. Doct. Edward Wigglesworth, Cambridge.

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Letter, 1792, Jan. 16 : Salem, to Rev. Doct. Edward Wigglesworth, Cambridge.

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ALS. Commends Wigglesworth's calculation of life expectancy figures from bills of mortality, collected by Holyoke, among others; confesses himself at a loss to explain why Americans enjoy a longer life expectancy than do the Swedish; and expresses his opinion that a tontine is a lottery and thus encourages gambling.

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Wigglesworth, Edward, 1732-1794

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According to a manuscript note (f. 4v) Wigglesworth wrote the sermon while a professor at Harvard College. Wigglesworth (A.B. 1749) succeeded his father, Edward Wigglesworth, as professor of theology in 1765. From the description of Sermon : manuscript, [not before 1765] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612847034 Edward Wigglesworth (ca. 1693-1765), a Harvard professor, was born ca. 1693 in Malden, Massachusetts. He received an AB from Harvard in 1710 a...

Holyoke, Edward Augustus, 1728-1829

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Edward Augustus Holyoke was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts on August 1, 1728. He attended Harvard College during his father Edward Holyoke's tenure as President and graduated in 1746. After graduation he worked for a short time as a schoolmaster before beginning to study medicine and became a doctor in Salem, Massachusetts. An active researcher, he was the first president of the Massachusetts Medical Society; he was also one of the founding members and president of the American Academy of Art...