Antique 1804 FUNERAL EULOGY Mourning HARVARD PRESIDENT Sermon AMERICANA Pamphlet

Description: Up for sale is this rare antique 1804 American pamphlet, "Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Lathrop and Eulogy by Professor Webber at the Funeral of the Rev. Joseph Willard, S.T.D. LL.D. President of the University in Cambridge; with a Sermon, the Next Lord's Day by the Rev. Mr. Holmes." The pamphlet is overall in good condition with some signs of wear and age. It is bound in dark blue plain paper wrappers. The front wrapper has a chip out of the bottom corner and a diagonal crease line. There is a little bit of chipping and wear to the paper on the spine. The binding is could and sound. The interior is mostly nice and clean, though there may be the occasional page with a light bit of foxing or some kind of other minor imperfection, such as a light bit of soiling or grubbiness, creased page corner, tiny chip or tear, etc. The pamphlet measures approximately 8 inches by 5 1/4 inches and is 41 pages long. Please look at all of the photos to further note the condition. From Wikipedia:Joseph Willard (December 29, 1738 – September 25, 1804) was an American Congregational clergyman and academic. He was president of Harvard from 1781 until 1804. Joseph Willard was born December 29, 1738 in Biddeford, York County (at that time part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, but subsequently the state of Maine) into one of the most illustrious families in Colonial Massachusetts. His parents were Reverend Samuel Willard (1705-1741) and Abigail Willard (née Sherman). One of his great-grandfathers was another Reverend Samuel Willard, and his great-great-grandfather was Major Simon Willard. Joseph's father died when he was two years old and one year later his mother remarried to a Rev. Richard Elvins. Joseph was educated at the Dummer Academy (now known as The Governor's Academy). Through the generosity of friends he entered Harvard College, where he received a B.A. in 1765, and an M.A. in 1768. He was a tutor at Harvard until 1772, when he began serving as pastor at the First Congregational Church in Beverly, Massachusetts. In 1780 he was a charter member and first corresponding secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1785, he was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree from Harvard and in 1791, a Doctor of Laws degree from Yale University. In 1781, he became president of Harvard, in which he served until his death. His tenure was marked by his institution of a dress code (due to his disapproval of the brightly colored silk garments often worn by pupils) consisting of blue-gray coats, and breeches and waistcoats in four approved colors. When delivering the 1799 commencement address, Willard broke with tradition and delivered it in English, rather than the customary Latin. In 1804, Willard was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. Joseph Willard died in New Bedford, Massachusetts on September 25, 1804. His great-grandfather Samuel Willard had served as Acting President of Harvard from 1701 until his own death in 1707.

Price: 69.95 USD

Location: Wallingford, Connecticut

End Time: 2025-01-16T01:18:24.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.95 USD