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Thursday, November 14, 2019

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: August 1, 1859

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Fine day. Annoyed by being forced to decline several applications for money. My experience leads me to know that the greater part of those ...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: December 11, 1859

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Rainy. No beggars. Quiet day but busy in counting-room. SOURCE: William Lawrence,  Life of Amos A. Lawrence: With Extracts from His ...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: December 12, 1859

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Fine day. Beggars plenty. SOURCE: William Lawrence,  Life of Amos A. Lawrence: With Extracts from His Diary and Correspondence , p. ...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: April 27, 1861

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The President and exPresidents of Harvard College met at Whipple's by my request, to be photographed together for the college library. ...
Sunday, October 6, 2019

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: January 21, 1859

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Evening to James Lawrence's. Meeting of forty gentlemen about a building for Agassiz collection. Mr. Gray has given $50,000 for increas...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: Wednesday, January 26, 1859

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Company to dinner at four. Agassiz, George Ticknor, Professor Felton, Rev. Dr. Huntington, Charles Hale (Speaker of House of Representative...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: Wednesday, February 15, 1859

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Subscribed $1,000 to Agassiz's museum in Cambridge. The committee now have $40,000 subscribed, and expect more. SOURCE: William ...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: April 9 , 1859

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President Walker came to see about the Sanders donation. Before he left Mr. Agassiz came to get some money in advance and at the same time ...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: May 5 , 1859

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Meeting at my Court Street office of the committee appointed to be the faculty of the Agassiz Museum: President Walker, Dr. Jacob Bigelow, ...
Friday, September 6, 2019

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: January 21, 1858

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Over to Cambridge by arrangement with President Walker. Found him at breakfast (eight o'clock), rode round to the unfinished Appleton C...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: June 12, 1858

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Professor Agassiz came to see me about his additional salary. He says he wishes to create the most complete collection of natural history i...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: November 17, 1858

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President Walker, Chief Justice Shaw, Judge G. T. Bigelow, Rev. Dr. Putnam, Professors Agassiz and Longfellow, Messrs. David Sears, W. Appl...
Friday, August 9, 2019

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: August 29, 1860

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President Felton came after his return from Canada. He speaks well of the Prince of Wales; says he should think he might rank number twenty...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: October 8, 1860

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Two thousand citizens with torches and bands of music assembled from Boston and the neighboring towns and made me a visit in the evening. I...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: October 26, 1860

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A panic at the South about Lincoln's election. There is no cause for alarm from Mr. Lincoln, even if he had not against him both houses...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: November 7, 1860

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Lincoln chosen president by immense majorities in almost all the free States. Breckinridge comes next in electoral votes; then Bell, and Do...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: November 29, 1860

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Thanksgiving. Received notice to meet a town committee on Bradley's Hill, about buying it. Then went to church. Afterwards to see Henry...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: July 18, 1860

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Commencement. At Cambridge at 8 in president's room. Corporation there. We tried on the President's new cap. At ten we went to the ...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: July 19, 1860

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Inauguration of president at Cambridge. Heavy rain in morning. Went to Cambridge in the saddle; got to Boston from there at half past nine,...

Diary of to Amos A. Lawrence: August 14, 1860

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Up at five. Exercise with dumb-bells and in other ways. In afternoon went with Sarah and the two boys to Marion near Wareham, about two hou...