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Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence

Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence

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Author
Lawrence, Amos, 1786-1852
Title
Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; with a brief account of some incidents of his life
Credits
Produced by Peter Vachuska, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
F001: United States local history: New England
Subject
Boston (Mass.) -- Biography
Category
Text
eBook-No.
42522
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42522
Release Date
April 13, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE LATE AMOS LAWRENCE;
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.LETTERS, REQUESTING PUBLICATION.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. — BIRTH.—ANCESTRY.—PARENTS.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. — EARLY YEARS.—SCHOOL DAYS.—APPRENTICESHIP.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. — ARRIVAL IN BOSTON.—CLERKSHIP.—COMMENCES BUSINESS.—HABITS.—LETTERS.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — BUSINESS HABITS.—HIS FATHER'S MORTGAGE.—RESOLUTIONS.—ARRIVAL OF BROTHERS IN BOSTON.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. — VISITS AT GROTON.—SICKNESS.—LETTER FROM DR. SHATTUCK.—ENGAGEMENT.—LETTER TO REV. DR. GANNETT.—MARRIAGE.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — BRAMBLE NEWS.—JUNIOR PARTNER GOES TO ENGLAND.—LETTERS TO BROTHER.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — DEATH OF SISTER.—LETTERS.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — DOMESTIC HABITS.—ILLNESS AND DEATH OF WIFE.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — JOURNEYS.—LETTERS.—JOURNEY TO NEW YORK.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. — MARRIAGE.—ELECTED TO LEGISLATURE.—ENGAGES IN MANUFACTURES.—REFLECTIONS.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — REFLECTIONS.—BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.—LETTERS.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — JOURNEY TO CANADA.—LETTERS.—DIARY.—CHARITIES.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR. WEBSTER.—LETTERS.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. — TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WEBSTER.—DANGEROUS ILLNESS.—LETTERS.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. — JOURNEY TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.—LETTERS.—RESIGNS OFFICE OF TRUSTEE AT HOSPITAL.—LETTERS.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. — DAILY EXERCISE.—REGIMEN.—IMPROVING HEALTH.—LETTERS.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. — REFLECTIONS.—VISIT TO WASHINGTON.—VISIT TO RAINSFORD ISLAND.—VIEWS OF DEATH.—REFLECTIONS.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — BROTHER'S DEATH.—LETTERS.—GIFTS.—LETTERS.—DIARY.—APPLICANTS FOR AID.—REFLECTIONS.—LETTER FROM REV. DR. STONE.—DIARY.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. — REFLECTIONS.—LETTERS.—ACCOUNT OF EFFORTS TO COMPLETE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX. — INTEREST IN MOUNT AUBURN.—REV. DR. SHARP.—LETTER FROM BISHOP McILVAINE.—LETTER FROM JUDGE STORY.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. — ACQUAINTANCE WITH PRESIDENT HOPKINS.—LETTERS.—AFFECTION FOR BRATTLE-STREET CHURCH.—DEATH OF MRS. APPLETON.—LETTERS.—AMESBURY CO.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. — DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER.—LETTERS.—DONATION TO WILLIAMS COLLEGE.—BENEFICENCE.—LETTERS.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. — LETTER FROM DR. SHARP.—ILLNESS AND DEATH OF SON.—LETTERS.—AFFLICTIONS.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. — EXPENDITURES.—LETTERS.—DONATION FOR LIBRARY AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE.—VIEWS ON STUDY OF ANATOMY.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. — DONATION TO LAWRENCE ACADEMY.—CORRESPONDENCE WITH R. G. PARKER.—SLEIGH-RIDES.—LETTERS.—AVERSION TO NOTORIETY.—CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. — CAPTAIN A. S. McKENZIE.—DIARY.—AID TO IRELAND.—MADAM PRESCOTT.—SIR WILLIAM COLEBROOKE.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. — MR. LAWRENCE AS AN APPLICANT.—LETTERS.—DIARY.—PRAYER AND MEDITATIONS.—LIBERALITY TO A CREDITOR.—LETTERS.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. — REFLECTIONS.—VIEWS ON HOLDING OFFICE.—LETTERS.—CAPTAIN A. SLIDELL McKENZIE.—DEATH OF BROTHER, AND OF HON. J. MASON.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. — SYSTEM IN ACCOUNTS.—LETTER FROM PROF. STUART.—LETTERS.—DIARY.—DR. HAMILTON.—FATHER MATTHEW.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. — CODICIL TO WILL.—ILLNESS.—GEN. WHITING.—LETTERS.—DIARY.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. — DIARY.—REFLECTIONS.—SICKNESS.—LETTER PROM REV. DR. SHARP.—CORRESPONDENCE.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII. — AMIN BEY.—AMOUNT OF DONATIONS TO WILLIAMS COLLEGE.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII. — LETTERS.—DIARY.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV. — SIR T. F. BUXTON.—LETTER FROM LADY BUXTON.—ELLIOTT CRESSON.—LETTERS.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV. — LETTERS—REV. DR. SCORESBY.—WABASH COLLEGE.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI. — DIARY.—AMOUNT OF CHARITIES.—LETTERS.—THOMAS TARBELL.—UNCLE TOBY.—REV. DR. LOWELL.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII. — CORRESPONDENCE.—DIARY.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — MR. LAWRENCE SERVES AS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR.—GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE.—SUDDEN DEATH.—FUNERAL.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX. — SKETCH OF CHARACTER BY REV. DRS. LOTHROP AND HOPKINS.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XL. — CONCLUSION.
  46. 46.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's note:

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