Biographical sketch of John Thornton Kirkland with partial transcriptions of his papers held in the Harvard University Archives, 2000.

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Biographical sketch of John Thornton Kirkland with partial transcriptions of his papers held in the Harvard University Archives, 2000.

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The collection includes a biographical sketch (2 pages) of John T. Kirkland and partial transcriptions of entries found in Kirkland's diaries, commonplace books, notes, sermons, and letters found in the Papers of John T. Kirkland (UAI 15.880) held in the Harvard University Archives. The biographical sketch highlights Kirkland's early education, activities as a pastor, actions as Harvard president (including his resignation), and Kirkland's trip to Europe and the Near East. Some of the significant topics represented in the transcriptions are references to President George Washington's visit to Boston in 1789; Kirkland's feelings of anxiety as president of Harvard University (1814); and his resignation from Harvard in 1828. The transcriptions also contain Kirkland's random comments on education, an improved American English dictionary, living as a just person, and man's future existence. Additionally, the transcriptions contain references to Kirkland's visit to the Bay of Zadig in Egypt (1830-1831) and Kirkland's recipe for making rye.

.10 cubic feet (1 accordion folder)

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