Speech of Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard University, before the Board of Overseers of That Institution, February 25, 1845, on the Minority Report of the Committee of Visitation, Presented to That Board by George Bancroft, Esq., February 6, 1845

Author: QUINCY, Josiah
Title: Speech of Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard University, before the Board of Overseers of That Institution, February 25, 1845, on the Minority Report of the Committee of Visitation, Presented to That Board by George Bancroft, Esq., February 6, 1845
Publication: Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845

Description: 8vo. 64 pp. Original printed wrappers (a little soiled). Very good copy housed in a custom three-point cloth folder with leather labels on the upper cover and spine.

First edition. Inscribed at the head of the title page "Revd. Dr. Nichols / with the respects of / Josiah Quincy." Correcting false statements made by Bancroft in his report concerning the "condition of the seminary and the labors of its Professors." Quincy (1772-1864) served as mayor of Boston, 1823-1828, and President of Harvard, 1829-1846. "Josiah Quincy was a fine example of a cultured and aristocratic public servant" (DAB).

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Subject: Americana



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