Necrology of Alumni of Harvard College, 1851-52 to 1862-63

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J. Wilson and son, 1864 - History - 536 pages
 

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Page 137 - In 1808 the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Union College, and in 1814 by Dartmouth.
Page 303 - He received the degree of MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1871.
Page 95 - It is a singular fact that the will of the donor was made on the very day on which the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the College, Mr.
Page 318 - Boston, where he continued in the practice of his profession, until his death, which occurred in July, 1828, at the age of seventy-four years.
Page 87 - He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Massachusetts Historical Society. The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Harvard College. He cherished an ardent affection for the places of his education, Harvard College and Phillips, Exeter Academy.
Page 388 - Russell studied law in the office of his father and was admitted to the bar in 1844, with license to practise in the supreme court and court of chancery of New York.
Page 402 - Revolutionary Services and Civil Life of General William Hull, Prepared from his Manuscripts, by his daughter, Mrs. Maria Campbell...
Page 252 - ... with my Transatlantic treasures lying around me, I was like one pining from hunger in the midst of abundance. In this state I resolved to make the ear, if possible, do the work of the eye. I procured the services of a secretary, who read to me the various authorities; and in time I became so far familiar with the sounds of the different foreign languages (to some of which, indeed, I had been previously accustomed by a residence abroad), that I could comprehend his reading without much difficulty.
Page 99 - ... society for the relief of widows and orphans of deceased clergymen...

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