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Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; with a brief account of some incidents of his life — John Shaqi

Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; with a brief account of some incidents of his lifeLawrence, Amos

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Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; with a brief account of some incidents of his life

Name: Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; with a brief account of some incidents of his life
Author: Lawrence, Amos

Lawrence, Amos

Boston (Mass.) -- Biography; Lawrence, Amos, 1786-1852 -- Correspondence; Lawrence, Amos, 1786-1852 -- Diaries; Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography; Philanthropists -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography

REFLECTIONS.--LETTERS.--ACCOUNT OF EFFORTS TO COMPLETE BUNKER
        HILL MONUMENT,                                             165

  CHAPTER XX.

  INTEREST IN MOUNT AUBURN.--REV. DR. SHARP.--LETTER FROM BISHOP
        McILVAINE.--LETTER FROM JUDGE STORY,                       175

  CHAPTER XXI.

  ACQUAINTANCE WITH PRESIDENT HOPKINS.--LETTERS.--AFFECTION FOR
        BRATTLE-STREET CHURCH.--DEATH OF MRS. APPLETON.--
        LETTERS.--AMESBURY CO.,                                    182

  CHAPTER XXII.

  DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER.--LETTERS.--DONATION TO WILLIAMS
        COLLEGE.--BENEFICENCE.--LETTERS,                           193

  CHAPTER XXIII.

  LETTER FROM DR. SHARP.--ILLNESS AND DEATH OF HIS SON.--
        LETTERS.--AFFLICTIONS,                                     203

  CHAPTER XXIV.

  REFLECTIONS.--EXPENDITURES.--LETTERS.--DONATION FOR LIBRARY AT
        WILLIAMS COLLEGE.--VIEWS ON STUDY OF ANATOMY,              212

  CHAPTER XXV.

  DONATION TO LAWRENCE ACADEMY.--CORRESPONDENCE WITH R. G.
        PARKER.--SLEIGH-RIDES.--AVERSION TO NOTORIETY.--CHILDREN'S
        HOSPITAL,                                                  221

  CHAPTER XXVI.

  CAPTAIN A. S. MCKENZIE.--DIARY.--AID TO IRELAND.--MADAM
        PRESCOTT.--SIR WILLIAM COLEBROOKE,                         234

  CHAPTER XXVII.

  MR. LAWRENCE AS AN APPLICANT.--LETTERS.--DIARY.--PRAYER AND
        MEDITATIONS.--FAC-SIMILE OF HAND-WRITING.--LIBERALITY
        TO A CREDITOR.--LETTERS,                                   242

  CHAPTER XXVIII.

  REFLECTIONS.--VIEWS ON HOLDING OFFICE.--LETTERS.--CAPT. A.
        SLIDELL McKENZIE.--DEATH OF BROTHER AND OF HON. J. MASON, 255

  CHAPTER XXIX.

  SYSTEM IN ACCOUNTS.--LETTER FROM PROF. STUART--LETTERS.--
        DIARY.--DR. HAMILTON.--FATHER MATHEW,                      264

  CHAPTER XXX.

  CODICIL TO WILL.--ILLNESS--GEN. WHITING.--LETTERS.--DIARY,       271

  CHAPTER XXXI.

  DIARY.--REFLECTIONS.--SICKNESS.--LETTER FROM DR. SHARP.--
        CORRESPONDENCE,                                            278

  CHAPTER XXXII.

  AMIN BEY.--AMOUNT OF DONATIONS TO WILLIAMS COLLEGE,              285

  CHAPTER XXXIII.

  LETTERS--LIKENESS OF ABBOTT LAWRENCE.--DIARY,                    292

  CHAPTER XXXIV.

  SIR T. F. BUXTON.--LETTER FROM LADY BUXTON.--ELLIOTT
        CRESSON.--LETTERS,                                         298

  CHAPTER XXXV.

  LETTERS.--REV. DR. SCORESBY.--WABASH COLLEGE,                    304

  CHAPTER XXXVI.

  DIARY.--AMOUNT OF CHARITIES.--LETTERS.--THOMAS TARBELL.--
        UNCLE TOBY.--REV. DR. LOWELL,                              311

  CHAPTER XXXVII.

  CORRESPONDENCE.--DIARY,                                          324

  CHAPTER XXXVIII.

  MR. LAWRENCE SERVES AS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR.--GEN. FRANKLIN
        PIERCE--SUDDEN DEATH.--FUNERAL,                            334

  CHAPTER XXXIX.

  SKETCH OF CHARACTER BY REV. DRS. LOTHROP AND HOPKINS,            343

  CHAPTER XL.

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