Word: robt
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second journal which was published here was the "Harvard Register," on whose editorial board were Ex-President Felton of Harvard and Hon. Robt. C. Wintrop. After a brief career it was succeeded by the "Collegian," which was made famous by contributions from the brilliant pen of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Then came the "Harvardiana," whose life even the efforts of a man who was destined to be one of the greatest literary men of our day, James Russell Lowell, could not prolong beyond four years. The next to enter the arena was the "Harvard Magazine," one of whose first editors...
...very rich. If you look sharp you will see a small book of Ben Johnson's with this characteristic phrase: Sum Ben Jonsonii. It would take too much space to give even an incomplete list of autographs; here are a few: John Locke, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, William Wordsworth, Robt. Burns, Emanuel Kant, John Dryden, Walter Scott, Edmund Burke. The manuscripts are of still greater interest. A Latin poem by John Milton; a musical composition of Haydn's; a letter from George Washington to Gen. Schuyler; an official document of the Confederate States signed by Jeff. Davis and Alex...
Even excelling Longfellow's handwriting in beauty is a letter from Robt. Burns to the Earl of Buchanan, Jan. 7, 1794, containing the famous epic lines...
...Hartley, Upham, Chadburn, Locke, Harris, (volunteer). The captains of the senior, junior and sophomore crews are requested to be present to take charge of their respective barges. Also the coxswains of the various crews are requested to be present to steer in the race. Officers: Starter, or referee, Mr. Robt. McCook; judges at finish, Mr. H. D. Robbins and Mr. Geo. Agassiz...
...Robt. Smalls, a colored ex-congressman from South Carolina, says that he has been snubbed in being refused a room in the Revere House, Boston...