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Octavo, 18 parts. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in back cloth. Mild general shelf wear. Moderate staining, primarily to rear board. Mild staining and wear to edges of textblock. Age toning, staining, and light writing scattered throughout textblock. Eighteen pamphlets bound together, including: Cutbush, Edward. [Address Delivered to the Columbian Institute]. 1817. 29 pages. Whitehouse, Henry John. An Address Delivered Before the Euglossian and Alpha Phi Delta Societies of Geneva College. Rochester: Hoyt, Porter & Co., 1831. 32 pages. Foot, Samuel A. An Address Delivered Before the Euglossian and Alpha Phi Delta Societies of Geneva College. Geneva: J.C. Merrell and Co., 1832. 23 pages. Cutbush, Edward. A Discourse Delivered at the Opening of the Medical Institution of Geneva College, State of New-York. Geneva: John Greeves & Co., 1835. 24 pages. Southwick, Edward. Life and Memoirs of Edward Southwick, Together with His Views of Religion and Politics. Geneva: Edward Southwick, 1839. 36 pages. Adams, John Quincy. Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette Delivered at the Request of Both Houses of the Congress of the United States. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1835. 94 pages. Hosmer, W.H.C. The Pioneers of Western New-York: A Poem, Pronounced at Geneva, N.Y. Before the Literary Societies of Geneva College. Geneva: Ira Merrell, 1838. 24 pages. Hale, Benjamin. A Baccalaureate Address, Delivered at the Annual Commencement of Geneva College. Geneva: 1838. 30 pages. Catalogue of Books in the Euglossian Society Library of Geneva College. 1839. 12 pages. [General Information Regarding Enrollment & Curriculum at St. Paul's College] Flushing, NY, 1838. 24 pages. Edwards, Samuel L. An Address, Delivered Before the Alpha Phi Delta and Euglossian Societies of Geneva College. Geneva: J. Taylor Bradt, 1837. 18 pages. A Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Geneva College, for the Academical Year 1838-9. Geneva: Ira Merrell, 1839. 23 pages. Junior Exhibition, Geneva College. Stow & Frazee, 1840. 1 page with folds. Dix, John A. Address Delivered Before the Alpha Phi Delta and Euglossian Societies of Geneva College. Albany: Packard, Van Benthuysen & Co. 1839. 68 pages. Ayrault, Charles. Habits of Mind, or Character. A Lecture, Delivered Before the Young Men's Association of Geneva. Geneva: J. Stow, Jr. and B. Frazee, 1839. 36 pages. Channing, William E. Self-Culture. An Address Introductory to the Franklin Lectures. Boston: James Munroe & Co., 1839. 57 pages. Hale, Benjamin. Baccalaureate Address: Delivered at the Annual Commencement of Geneva College. Geneva, For the Trustees by Stow & Frazee, 1839. 32 pages. Charter, By-Laws, Rules, and Regulations, of the Young Men's Association of Geneva: To Which is Appended a Catalogue of the Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Pamphlets, to be Found in the Library and Reading Rooms of the Association. Geneva, For the Association by Stow & Frazee, 1839. 31 pages. Shelved in Case 1. Geneva College was founded in Geneva, New York in 1822 and was known as such until 1852. It is now known as Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Most of these pamphlets and documents come from the school in the late 1830s and provide an intriguing snapshot into the average American college at the time. The collection also includes a an address delivered to the Columbian Institute by Edward Cutbush, the founder of the Geneva Medical College, in 1817 and "Oration of the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette" delivered by John Quincy Adams in Washington in 1835. 1382587. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Seller Inventory # 1382587
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