Hikoichi Orita diary, 1872-1876 [photocopies]

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Hikoichi Orita diary, 1872-1876 [photocopies]

Consists of a photocopied two-volume diary written by Orita (1849-1920), a Japanese student, while he attended Princeton University between 1872 and 1876.

0.42 linear ft. (1 archival box)

jpn,

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 8225250

Princeton University Library

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McCosh, James, 1811-1894

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Scottish philosophical writer, born in Ayrshire; became president and professor of philosophy of the college of New Jersey, at Princeton in 1868; resigned the presidency in 1888 but continued as lecturer on philosophy until his death in 1894. From the description of Letter to Rev. W.F. Farr, 1875 December 3. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54752223 ...

Orita, Hikoichi, 1849-1920

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Before coming to Princeton, Hikoichi Orita was a samurai retainer of the lord Satsuma, who in turn was one of the lords responsible for disposing of the last shogun and creating Japan's modern emperor-centered state structure. After his service to Satsuma, Orita studied at Nagasaki. When court leader Prince Iwakura decided to send his two sons to the United States to study at Rutgers University, Orita was chosen to accompany them. However, influenced by Reverend Edwin T. Corwin of M...

College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.). Class of 1876.

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