Correspondence sent to Parker Cleaveland, 1818-1839.

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Correspondence sent to Parker Cleaveland, 1818-1839.

Three letters to Parker Cleaveland of Brunswick, Me., from Cummings V. Hilliard, dated 8 June 1818; Benjamin Vaughan of Hallowell, Me., dated 23 July 1825; and W.C. Allen, of Alfred, Me., dated 2 Apr. 1839.

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Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835

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Benjamin Vaughan lived through all the vicissitudes of an enlightened life during the age of revolution. Born in Jamaica to Samuel Vaughan, a merchant and planter, and Sarah Hallowell, a native Bostonian, Vaughan was raised in London and educated at Cambridge and Lincoln's Inn. At university, he fell in with the coterie of Joseph Priestley, Benjamin Franklin, Jeremy Bentham, and William Petty, the Earl of Shelburne, and imbibed many of their unorthodox, perhaps radical political, s...

Allen, W. C., of Alfred, Me.

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Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858

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Parker Cleaveland (1780-1858) was a professor at Bowdoin College from 1805 until his death in 1858. For the school terms 1840-41, 1841-42, and 1842-43, he was Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Natural Philosophy, as well as Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, and Lecturer on Civil Polity. From the description of Lecture notes, c. 1840? (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259246 Parker Cleaveland (1780-1858) was a scientist and professor of chemistry, ...

Hilliard, Cummings V.

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