
Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; with a brief account of some incidents of his life
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Chapters (393)
- EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE LATE AMOS LAWRENCE;
- PREFACE.
- LETTERS, REQUESTING PUBLICATION.
- CONTENTS.
- DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE.
- CHAPTER I.
- BIRTH.—ANCESTRY.—PARENTS.
- CHAPTER II.
- EARLY YEARS.—SCHOOL DAYS.—APPRENTICESHIP.
- CHAPTER III.
- ARRIVAL IN BOSTON.—CLERKSHIP.—COMMENCES BUSINESS.—HABITS.—LETTERS.
- CHAPTER IV.
- BUSINESS HABITS.—HIS FATHER'S MORTGAGE.—RESOLUTIONS.—ARRIVAL OF BROTHERS IN BOSTON.
- CHAPTER V.
- VISITS AT GROTON.—SICKNESS.—LETTER FROM DR. SHATTUCK.—ENGAGEMENT.—LETTER TO REV. DR. GANNETT.—MARRIAGE.
- CHAPTER VI.
- BRAMBLE NEWS.—JUNIOR PARTNER GOES TO ENGLAND.—LETTERS TO BROTHER.
- CHAPTER VII.
- DEATH OF SISTER.—LETTERS.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- DOMESTIC HABITS.—ILLNESS AND DEATH OF WIFE.
- CHAPTER IX.
- JOURNEYS.—LETTERS.—JOURNEY TO NEW YORK.
- CHAPTER X.
- MARRIAGE.—ELECTED TO LEGISLATURE.—ENGAGES IN MANUFACTURES.—REFLECTIONS.
- CHAPTER XI.
- REFLECTIONS.—BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.—LETTERS.
- CHAPTER XII.
- JOURNEY TO CANADA.—LETTERS.—DIARY.—CHARITIES.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR. WEBSTER.—LETTERS.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WEBSTER.—DANGEROUS ILLNESS.—LETTERS.
- CHAPTER XV.
- JOURNEY TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.—LETTERS.—RESIGNS OFFICE OF TRUSTEE AT HOSPITAL.—LETTERS.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- DAILY EXERCISE.—REGIMEN.—IMPROVING HEALTH.—LETTERS.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- REFLECTIONS.—VISIT TO WASHINGTON.—VISIT TO RAINSFORD ISLAND.—VIEWS OF DEATH.—REFLECTIONS.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- BROTHER'S DEATH.—LETTERS.—GIFTS.—LETTERS.—DIARY.—APPLICANTS FOR AID.—REFLECTIONS.—LETTER FROM REV. DR. STONE.—DIARY.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- REFLECTIONS.—LETTERS.—ACCOUNT OF EFFORTS TO COMPLETE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.
- CHAPTER XX.
- INTEREST IN MOUNT AUBURN.—REV. DR. SHARP.—LETTER FROM BISHOP McILVAINE.—LETTER FROM JUDGE STORY.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- ACQUAINTANCE WITH PRESIDENT HOPKINS.—LETTERS.—AFFECTION FOR BRATTLE-STREET CHURCH.—DEATH OF MRS. APPLETON.—LETTERS.—AMESBURY CO.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER.—LETTERS.—DONATION TO WILLIAMS COLLEGE.—BENEFICENCE.—LETTERS.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- LETTER FROM DR. SHARP.—ILLNESS AND DEATH OF SON.—LETTERS.—AFFLICTIONS.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- EXPENDITURES.—LETTERS.—DONATION FOR LIBRARY AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE.—VIEWS ON STUDY OF ANATOMY.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- DONATION TO LAWRENCE ACADEMY.—CORRESPONDENCE WITH R. G. PARKER.—SLEIGH-RIDES.—LETTERS.—AVERSION TO NOTORIETY.—CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- CAPTAIN A. S. McKENZIE.—DIARY.—AID TO IRELAND.—MADAM PRESCOTT.—SIR WILLIAM COLEBROOKE.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- MR. LAWRENCE AS AN APPLICANT.—LETTERS.—DIARY.—PRAYER AND MEDITATIONS.—LIBERALITY TO A CREDITOR.—LETTERS.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- REFLECTIONS.—VIEWS ON HOLDING OFFICE.—LETTERS.—CAPTAIN A. SLIDELL McKENZIE.—DEATH OF BROTHER, AND OF HON. J. MASON.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- SYSTEM IN ACCOUNTS.—LETTER FROM PROF. STUART.—LETTERS.—DIARY.—DR. HAMILTON.—FATHER MATTHEW.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- CODICIL TO WILL.—ILLNESS.—GEN. WHITING.—LETTERS.—DIARY.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- DIARY.—REFLECTIONS.—SICKNESS.—LETTER PROM REV. DR. SHARP.—CORRESPONDENCE.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- AMIN BEY.—AMOUNT OF DONATIONS TO WILLIAMS COLLEGE.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- LETTERS.—DIARY.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- SIR T. F. BUXTON.—LETTER FROM LADY BUXTON.—ELLIOTT CRESSON.—LETTERS.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- LETTERS—REV. DR. SCORESBY.—WABASH COLLEGE.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
- DIARY.—AMOUNT OF CHARITIES.—LETTERS.—THOMAS TARBELL.—UNCLE TOBY.—REV. DR. LOWELL.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
- CORRESPONDENCE.—DIARY.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- MR. LAWRENCE SERVES AS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR.—GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE.—SUDDEN DEATH.—FUNERAL.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
- SKETCH OF CHARACTER BY REV. DRS. LOTHROP AND HOPKINS.
- CHAPTER XL.
- CONCLUSION.
- INDEX.
- FOOTNOTES:
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