Memoirs of the Rev. J. Lewis Diman. Compiled from His Letters, Journals, and Writings, and the Recollections of His Friends. (With: A.L.S. from Hazard to Massachusetts Historical Society President George Edward Ellis, who is cited in the book.)

[DIMAN, J. [Jeremiah] Lewis 1831-1881] HAZARD, Caroline (1856-1945):

Published by Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1887., 1887

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xii, 1 leaf, 363 pp. Original cloth, top edge gilt. Very Good. With: A.L.S., dated November 1886, from Hazard to Ellis, thanking him 'for your aid in [the book's] prepration. Hazard's preface is dated Nov. 13, 1886. On p. 162, Ellis's review of a Diman work on Roger Williams is quoted: 'Professor Diman's view . seems to me to be the most thoroughly adequate, impartial, and judicial treatment of his subject that has ever been given.' 'Caroline Hazard was the first Wellesley President to have a formal inauguration. Hazard, who held no formal college degree, was responsible for putting the College back on a sound financial footing. Hazard hired the noted landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., to help develop the Wellesley College grounds. Under Hazards' aegis, and sometimes with her personal financial support, a number of buildings were constructed: the Observatory and Observatory House, the dormitories of the Hazard Quadrangle, and the Library. They carry her symbol, the scallop shell. She retired in 1910, but continued as a Wellesley College trustee until 1927' (Wellesley College Web site).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Memoirs of the Rev. J. Lewis Diman. Compiled from His Letters, Journals, and Writings, and the Recollections of His Friends. (With: A.L.S. from Hazard to Massachusetts Historical Society President George Edward Ellis, who is cited in the book.)
• Publisher: Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1887.
• Publication Date: 1887
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket