AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED BEFORE GOETHEAN & DIAGNOTHIAN SOCIETIES OF MARSHALL COLLEGE, at their Annual Celebration, September 24, 1839.
by Chandler, Joseph R
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J. Crissy, Philadelphia, ., 1839 44 p. Foxed. Disbound. 8vo. 220 mm. Joseph Ripley Chandler (1792-1880) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Born in Kingston, MA, he was engaged in commercial work in Boston, MA, and moved to Philadelphia, PA in 1815. He founded a young ladies' seminary and worked as editor of the United States Gazette from 1822 to 1847. He was a member of the Philadelphia City Council from 1832 to 1848, and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1837. For a short time (1848), he was an editorial assistant at Graham's Magazine in 1848. Chandler was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and Thirty-third Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854. He was appointed by President James Buchanan as Minister to the Two Sicilies and served from June 15, 1858, to November 15, 1860. He served as president of the board of directors of Girard College. He became interested in prison reform and was a delegate to the International Prison Congress held at London in 1872. This speech includes a good bit on chivalry and women. PA PAMPH 19 /1 Bag A1. Soft cover.
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- AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED BEFORE GOETHEAN & DIAGNOTHIAN SOCIETIES OF MARSHALL COLLEGE, at their Annual Celebration, September 24, 1839.
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- Chandler, Joseph R
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- AMERICANA EDUCATION EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS CHIVALRY WOMEN
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...