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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02504.20 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1845 |
| Title | Simon Greenleaf to Francis E. Parker, Anson Burlingame, and A. Peniston declining a dinner invitation |
| Date | 14 April 1845 |
| Author | Greenleaf, Simon (1783-1853) |
| Recipient | Parker, Francis E. Burlingame, Anson Peniston, A. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Greenleaf, a Harvard University professor, declines a dinner invitation from committee members of the Dane Law School (possibly another name given to Harvard's Law School). States that "a meeting of the Law School in Boston will be a surrender of its distinctive character as an association of literary men." Suggests using the new rooms in Dane Hall for the proposed meeting. |
| Subjects | Education Law Entertaining and Hospitality Literature and Language Arts Fraternal Organization |
| People | Burlingame, Anson (1820-1870) Greenleaf, Simon (1783-1853) Parker, Francis Edward (1821-1886) Peniston, A. (fl. 1845) |
| Place written | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Education; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |