Word: benjamin
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Silloway will today read before the Boston Genealogical Society, a paper on "Benjamin Woodbridge, Harvard's First Graduate." A full report of the paper will be printed in the afternoon Traveler, copies of which can be had at Amee's and at Memorial. Mr. Silloway said on this subject: "While in England, not long ago, I went to the place where Woodbridge labored and died, and from the records and other sources have obtained, I think, about all the facts that are obtainable in regard to Woodbridge. Up to now, save the work of Mr. Sibley, in the history...
...meeting of the Mass. Historical Society, tomorrow, a paper will be read on "The Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge," the earliest graduate of Harvard College...
...Edward Everett Hale is engaged in co-operation with his son, a recent graduate, on an historical sketch of Benjamin Franklin's life in Paris during the Revolution. The work was suggested by the purchase by our government of the Franklin papers. That immense collection is understood to throw very curious sidelights on the history of the great negotiations in which Franklin was engaged. Mr. Hale will make full use of these new treasures...
...antagonist is our helper" is a phrase which Matthew Arnold has taken from the mouth of Burke and is fond of quoting. Harvard does not lack such helpers. Even her own sons have done her this service, not to mention such critics as Benjamin F. Butler and the redoubtable Dennis Kearney. The words of Phillips and Emerson in their Phi Beta Kappa orations were memorable and satutary in their way. Ex-Gov. Long, also one of her sons, has been recently indulging in criticism of the college. At the annual dinner of the Harvard alumni in Washington a few weeks...
Some enterprising genius has proposed to found a wax-works show, similar to the famous Tussand's in New York. Among the sights will be a representation of "Benjamin F. Butler preparing a course of study to be pursued at Harvard University...