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Box 4

 Container

Contains 112 Results:

College Essays; Item 04-011: 1) Transcript of 04-003; 2) "On the cultivation of Noble Sentiments"; 3) 3 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Typescript of 04-003, some of the text corrected in pencil; 6) Original exists, see 04-003; 7) Rust marks from a metal paperclip, undated

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

College Essays; Item 04-012: 1) Transcript of 04-004; 2) "American Literature"; 3) 3 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Typescript of 04-004; 6) Original exists, see 04-004; 7) Good condition, undated

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

College Essays; Item 04-013: 1) Transcript of 04-004; 2) "American Literature"; 3) 3 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Typescript of 04-004; 6) Original exists, see 04-004; 7) Rust marks from metal paper clip, undated

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

College Essays; Item 04-014: 1) Transcript of 04-005; 2) "Man"; 3) 5 leaves; 4) Fragment; 5) Typescript of 04-005; 6) Original exists, see 04-005; 7) Slightly battered on right edge, rust marks from metal paper clip, undated

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

College Essays; Item 04-015: 1) Transcript of 04-005; 2) "Man"; 3) 5 leaves; 4) Fragment; 5) Typescript of 04-005; 6) Original exists, see 04-005; 7) Rust marks from metal paper clip, undated

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

College Essays; Item 04-016: 1) Original; 2) "The tales of my Breakfast"; 3) 1 leaf; 4) Complete; 5) A reflection on the nature of truth and storytelling, concluding that the truth is the highest ideal, and it hurts the character to tell lies, even for amusement; 6) Transcript exists, see 04-022 and 04-023; 7) Rather battered about the edges, somewhat stained and faded, text fading along creases, 1838/02/16

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Dates: 1838/02/16
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

College Essays; Item 04-017: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 2 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Draft of a letter to the president extolling the virtues of republican government as the culmination of historical trends, touched by the hand of god, and less likely to fall as other civilizations had before it; 6) Transcript exists, see 04-025; 7) Text fading along creases, somewhat stained, second sheet badly battered along bottom edge, undated

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

College Essays; Item 04-018: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 2 leaves; 4) Fragment; 5) Different draft of 04-017; 6) No Transcript; 7) In poor condition, text fading along the creases, edges frayed and torn in several locations, undated

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

College Essays; Item 04-019: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 2 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Different draft of 04-005, more abstract in tone; 6) No Transcript; 7) Decent condition, slightly foxed, undated

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches

College Essays; Item 04-020: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 1 leaf; 4) Complete; 5) Penciled essay concerning the rise of man's exploitation of natural resources and the study thereof in college, with corrections; 7) Good condition, undated

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers / Series 4. Writings and Speeches