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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC06313.04.006 |
From Archive Folder | Aaron Hobart Collection |
Title | Emmons Williams to Aaron Hobart describing a rebellion by senior class at Brown University |
Date | 4 August 1806 |
Author | Emmons, Williams (1784-1855) |
Recipient | Hobart, Aaron |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Mentions he is glad to have received Hobart's but regrets that Hobart only asked for an account of a rebellion by the senior class at Brown University, which Emmons describes. Explains that those students from the senior class who left the college were suspended by the president for their improper conduct. Written from Brown University. |
Subjects | Education Rebellion |
People | Emmons, Williams (1784-1855) Hobart, Aaron (1787-1858) |
Place written | Providence, Rhode Island |
Theme | Education |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Additional Information | William Emmons graduated from Brown in 1805 and went on to become a librarian, lawyer, and politician, serving in the Maine House of Representatives from 1833-1834, the state senate from 1834-1835, and as a probate judge from 1841-1848. Aaron Hobart, lawyer, jurist, state senator, and congressman, was born in Abington, Massachusetts and graduated from Brown University in 1805. He was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced practice in Abington, Massachusetts. In 1824, he moved to East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1814; a state senator in 1819; and in 1820 was elected a representative in the 16th congress to fill a vacancy. He was re-elected to the 17th, 18th, & 19th congresses, serving from 1820-1827. He was a member of the governor's council, 1827-31, and a probate judge from 1843-58. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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