Addresses at the Inauguration of the Hon. Edward Everett, LL.D., as President of the University of Cambridge, Thursday, April 30, 1846.

EVERETT, Edward.

Published by Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1846

About this Item

First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front wrapper, "Mr Charles M. Parkman Presented by Edward Everett". The recipient graduated from Harvard in 1846 and became an Episcopal clergyman in New Brunswick. Everett (1794-1865) graduated from Harvard in 1811 and became a professor there in 1815. From the 1820s to the 1850s, he had a leading role in American politics, serving in the Representatives and Senate, as ambassador to Britain, and as the 20th Secretary of State. "From 1846 to 1849 Everett returned to Harvard as its president. During his tenure, the Lawrence Scientific School was founded. He accorded black applicants the right to take the Harvard entrance examination, though none was actually admitted. Everett found the maintenance of undergraduate discipline distasteful and welcomed the chance to go back to public life when the Whig party regained power in Washington" (ANB). Octavo. Original brown wrappers printed in black. Spine backing perished but spine holding, wrappers soiled and worn with tape repair on verso, light abrasion with minor loss, contents foxed. A good copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Addresses at the Inauguration of the Hon. Edward Everett, LL.D., as President of the University of Cambridge, Thursday, April 30, 1846.
• Publisher: Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1846
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)