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Amherst College Commencement program, 1834 August 27

Amherst College

The program for the 13th Amherst College Commencement. Beginning with the program for the first Commencement in August 1822, commencement programs contain the order of exercises for commencement ceremonies. Since 1826, most programs also provide a list of candidates receiving their bachelor of arts degrees. Other information contained in programs has varied over the years.

Amherst College Commencement program, 1834 August 27
Our beloved country

Brooks, Sidney, 1813-1887

Sidney Brooks essay on the United States and its destiny including how long its government, level of happiness and prosperity, and institutions might continue. In writing on the topic, he also discusses the downfalls of previous nations and kingdoms. Brooks argues that the judgement of God will determine the destiny of the nation and discusses national sins along with redeeming influences such as a spirit of reformation. This essay is presumed to be related to Brooks' studies at Phillips Academy or Amherst College.

Our beloved country
Our beloved country

Brooks, Sidney, 1813-1887

Sidney Brooks essay on the United States and its destiny including how long its government, level of happiness and prosperity, and institutions might continue. In writing on the topic, he also discusses the downfalls of previous nations and kingdoms. Brooks argues that the judgement of God will determine the destiny of the nation and discusses national sins along with redeeming influences such as a spirit of reformation. This essay is presumed to be related to Brooks' studies at Phillips Academy or Amherst College.

Our beloved country
Our country

Brooks, Sidney, 1813-1887

Sidney Brooks essay on the United States and its destiny including how long its government, level of happiness and prosperity, and institutions might continue. In writing on the topic, he also discusses the downfalls of previous nations and kingdoms. Brooks argues that the judgement of God will determine the destiny of the nation and discusses national sins along with redeeming influences such as a spirit of reformation. This essay is presumed to be related to Brooks' studies at Phillips Academy or Amherst College.

Our country
Sidney Brooks writings on the Fourth of July

Brooks, Sidney, 1813-1887

Sidney Brooks writings on the Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, and whether or not the common celebration of the holiday is in harmony with the spirit of "our free institution" (the United States). This document is presumed to be related to Brooks' studies at Phillips Academy or Amherst College.

Sidney Brooks writings on the Fourth of July
Judah Ely letter to the students of the Collegiate Institution, 1824 March 1

Ely, Judah

Judah Ely letter to the students and alumni of the Amherst Collegiate Institution in which Ely writes regarding the death of Zephaniah Swift Moore and suggests an annual essay contest with a monetary reward, in Moore's honor. Ely writes that he had sent Moore a letter and three dollars for the purchase of a prize to go to an essay winner and that he had suggested to essay subject should be "the evil arising from an intemperate use of distilled liquors in the U. States and the best means of preventing them." He explains his plans for the essay contest he had proposed further, and proposes a new plan for a prize essay contest to honor Moore, called the "Moore Prize Essay" for which a "Moore fund" could be raised. He suggests two possible subjects, one relating to the importance of Christianity to national prosperity and happiness and the other regarding the evils of slavery and best means of removing them. Ely then writes regarding his own opinions on each subject, discussing current topics such as a decreasing reference to God in government and the aims of the American Colonization Society. He also states that he is enclosing ten dollars to go towards the Moore fund. The letter is addressed to the alumni of Amherst Collegiate Institution though the salutation of the letter states it is to the students of the Institution.

Judah Ely letter to the students of the Collegiate Institution, 1824 March 1
Five years in the White Mountains, volume 2

Nelson, Elmer H., 1878-1930

This second volume of "Five Years in the White Mountains" picks up the story of the three brothers' outdoor adventures at the beginning of their second year in the mountains. The volume is incomplete, featuring only the beginning of a story entitled "Lost in the Mountains." In the story the narrator and his two brothers headed upstream to go hunting but soon lost their bearings after pursuing a rabbit one of them had shot and only wounded. Forced to make camp for the night, the story ends abruptly with two of the boys trying to put the third one at ease about the loneliness of sleeping in the woods at night. The book is unattributed but it has been inferred that Elmer Nelson, the author of volume 1, is the creator.

Five years in the White Mountains, volume 2
Five years in the White Mountains, volume 1

Nelson, Elmer H., 1878-1930

Written by Elmer Nelson, the first volume of "Five Years in the White Mountains" is presented as having been published by the fictitious publishers, Green and Little, representing the alter egos of Elmer and Arthur Nelson respectively, as part of their Forest Series. The volume includes a list of chapters and a full list of illustrations, providing additional evidence that the Nelson boys were developing their skills not only as writers and illustrators, but also as makers of quality books. Over the course of six chapters, the boys (the narrator and his brothers William and Ethan) are attacked by a moose and by a bear, they climb a mountain and discover a lake, they hunt and fish, they go beachnutting and blueberrying, and they spend time ice skating and sugaring.

Five years in the White Mountains, volume 1
Walt Whitman letter to John Swinton

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

A brief letter to John Swinton in which Walt Whitman tells Swinton he will call on him at noon the next day and will also call at the offices of the Galaxy the day he is writing.

Walt Whitman letter to John Swinton
She dwelt among the untrodden ways

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

A copy of William Wordsworth's poem "She dwelt among the untrodden ways" transcribed by Wordsworth for a "Lady Bell." Wordsworth has signed his name and noted in the bottom left of the sheet that he wrote this transcription on Hanover Terrace. The poem was originally published in the 1800 edition of "Lyrical Ballads."

She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Jeffery Amherst letter to Colonel William Byrd, 1761 December 3

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Letter from Jeffery Amherst dated December 3, 1761 from New York. The letter is addressed to Colonel William E. Byrd, III. Amherst expresses his wish that the Assembly of Virigina will reconsider a law that they have passed and lengthen the term of service so that the Second Virginia Regiment will not be disbanded during the French and Indian War. Amherst also congratulates Colonel Byrd and his wife on the birth of their child.

Jeffery Amherst letter to Colonel William Byrd, 1761 December 3
Emily Dickinson letter to Mrs. James S. (Abigail) Cooper

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

Emily Dickinson letter to Mrs. James S. (Abigail) Cooper