Diary (interleaved almanac), 1815.

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Diary (interleaved almanac), 1815.

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Interleaved almanac containing annotations and regular handwritten entries by Harvard undergraduate Robert Williams for 1815. The entries include notes on the weather, travel, student activities, sermons and lectures heard, and social and political events. Among the more detailed entries are descriptions of the Treaty of Ghent (February) that ended the War of 1812, the installation of Edward Everett as the Harvard Professor of Greek literature, and a student disorder. The varied nature of Williams's described activities make the diary a resource for studying the everyday life of a Harvard undergraduate; for example he mentions going with the College Engine to a fire in Boston (October), having a teeth cleaning (December), and celebrating Independence Day (July 4).

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