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- catalog abstract "The bound volume contains excerpts copied by Benjamin Wadsworth from books he read as a student at Harvard in the late 1760s. The volume includes almost no personal commentary on the readings. The excerpts are arranged by year of study for the academic years 1766-1769, beginning when Wadsworth was a sophomore. Each entry begins with a title indicating the book title and author for the passage, and there is an alphabetical index at the end of the volume. Wadsworth selected “extracts” from both religious and secular texts including several histories of England, American histories (with a focus on Puritans), the Bible, and in his senior year, “the Koran of Mohammed.” He also read several books on the art of speech and the art of preaching. There are few science texts included, though the final five-page entry is titled, “What I thought fit to note down from Mr. Winthrop’s experimental Lectures” and contains notes both on the content of Professor John Winthrop’s lectures as well as the types of experiments being performed in class. Wadsworth’s commonplace book offers a window on the state of higher education in the eighteenth century and offers a firsthand account of academic life at Harvard College.".
- catalog alternative "Commonplace book of Benjamin Wadsworth".
- catalog contributor b9813261.
- catalog coverage "United States Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog date "1766".
- catalog description "A set of Greek translations made by Benjamin Wadsworth as a Harvard sophomore is also available in the Harvard University Archives (HUC 8766.335).".
- catalog description "Benjamin Wadsworth (1750-1826), a Danvers, Mass. minister, was born on July 18, 1750 in Milton, Mass. He graduated from Harvard College with an AB in 1769 and received an AM in 1772. He served as minister of the First Congregational Church of Danvers. Wadsworth was a member of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and the Massachusetts Humane Society. He was the first president of the Danvers Moral Society. In 1816 he received a D.D. at the Harvard Commencement of 1816. He died on January 20, 1826. There is no known relation between Wadsworth and Harvard President Benjamin Wadsworth (1670-1737).".
- catalog description "The bound volume contains excerpts copied by Benjamin Wadsworth from books he read as a student at Harvard in the late 1760s. The volume includes almost no personal commentary on the readings. The excerpts are arranged by year of study for the academic years 1766-1769, beginning when Wadsworth was a sophomore. Each entry begins with a title indicating the book title and author for the passage, and there is an alphabetical index at the end of the volume. Wadsworth selected “extracts” from both religious and secular texts including several histories of England, American histories (with a focus on Puritans), the Bible, and in his senior year, “the Koran of Mohammed.” He also read several books on the art of speech and the art of preaching. There are few science texts included, though the final five-page entry is titled, “What I thought fit to note down from Mr. Winthrop’s experimental Lectures” and contains notes both on the content of Professor John Winthrop’s lectures as well as the types of experiments being performed in class. Wadsworth’s commonplace book offers a window on the state of higher education in the eighteenth century and offers a firsthand account of academic life at Harvard College.".
- catalog extent ".01 cubic feet (1 volume)".
- catalog extent "v. ;".
- catalog isPartOf "Collections of the Harvard University Archives. Personal archives. hua".
- catalog isPartOf "Colonial North American Project at Harvard University. net".
- catalog isPartOf "Harvard in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. hua".
- catalog issued "1766".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Cambridge.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts.".
- catalog spatial "United States Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "Books and reading United States History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "College students Religious life Massachusetts Cambridge.".
- catalog subject "Education Curricula Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Education, Higher Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Harvard College (1636-1780). Class of 1769.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University Curricula.".
- catalog subject "History Study and teaching (Higher) Massachusetts Cambridge.".
- catalog subject "Religion Study and teaching (Higher) 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Science Study and teaching (Higher) Massachusetts Cambridge.".
- catalog subject "Winthrop, John, 1714-1779.".
- catalog title "An abridgment of what I extracted while an undergraduate at Harvard College, 1766-1769.".
- catalog type "Commonplace books. aat".
- catalog type "Harvard students' books. local".
- catalog type "Harvard students' notes. local".
- catalog type "Lecture notes. aat".
- catalog type "collection".