- Title
- Diary of Theodore Parsons ; son of Revd Moses Parsons of Newbury Falls, 1772
- Parsons, Theodore, 1751-1779, creator
- Massachusetts
- Pamphlet-sized diary kept by Harvard undergraduate Theodore Parsons for the year 1772. At the front of the diary there is one page with five short entries noting the hanging of Bryan Sheehen of Salem for the rape of Abial Hollowell (January 16, 1772), a note of a sermon by Mr. Syms in Andover (January 26, 1772), the death of Mr. Watson (May 17, 1772), a "remarkable circle round the sun" (June 12, 1772), and a note of a sermon by Mr. Appleton (January 1, 1773). Beyond these five entries, the subsequent pages hold regular one-sentence entries with limited information about daily events in Parsons' life, such as dinner companions, notes on recitations to the faculty, sermon attendance, and the weather. The diary consistently logs his interactions with Harvard faculty by name. An example of a typical entry: "AM recited to Mr Sewall, PM at my Chambre fair and cold" (March 14, 1772). In late February and early March Parsons noted his recovery from a cough.
- .03 cubic feet (1 volume)
- English
- Diaries.
Harvard students' notes.
Harvard students’ diaries.
Diaries - Books and documents
- Harvard College (1636-1780)--Students--Diaries
Harvard College (1636-1780)--Faculty
Education--18th century
College students--Massachusetts--Cambridge--Diaries
Cambridge (Mass.) - Title transcribed from cover.
Received Nov 16 1925, E.H. Hall fund.
Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation. - Dr. Theodore Parsons was born July 31, 1751 in Byfield, Massachusetts. At Harvard, Parsons served as president of the Speaking Club. He publicly debated against the morality of slavery with Eliphalet Pearson (Harvard AB 1773) at his graduation in 1773. He trained to be a physician and disappeared at sea while serving as a ship's surgeon in 1779.
- Collections of the Harvard University Archives
Harvard in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Colonial North American Project at Harvard University - Harvard University Archives
- 990122641550203941
- Title
- Diary of Theodore Parsons ; son of Revd Moses Parsons of Newbury Falls, 1772
- Creator / Contributor
- Parsons, Theodore, 1751-1779, creator
- Place of Origin
- Massachusetts
- Description
- Pamphlet-sized diary kept by Harvard undergraduate Theodore Parsons for the year 1772. At the front of the diary there is one page with five short entries noting the hanging of Bryan Sheehen of Salem for the rape of Abial Hollowell (January 16, 1772), a note of a sermon by Mr. Syms in Andover (January 26, 1772), the death of Mr. Watson (May 17, 1772), a "remarkable circle round the sun" (June 12, 1772), and a note of a sermon by Mr. Appleton (January 1, 1773). Beyond these five entries, the subsequent pages hold regular one-sentence entries with limited information about daily events in Parsons' life, such as dinner companions, notes on recitations to the faculty, sermon attendance, and the weather. The diary consistently logs his interactions with Harvard faculty by name. An example of a typical entry: "AM recited to Mr Sewall, PM at my Chambre fair and cold" (March 14, 1772). In late February and early March Parsons noted his recovery from a cough.
- Extent
- .03 cubic feet (1 volume)
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Diaries.
Harvard students' notes.
Harvard students’ diaries.
Diaries - Digital Format
- Books and documents
- Subjects
- Harvard College (1636-1780)--Students--Diaries
Harvard College (1636-1780)--Faculty
Education--18th century
College students--Massachusetts--Cambridge--Diaries
Cambridge (Mass.) - Notes
- Title transcribed from cover.
Received Nov 16 1925, E.H. Hall fund.
Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation. - Biographical / Historical Note
- Dr. Theodore Parsons was born July 31, 1751 in Byfield, Massachusetts. At Harvard, Parsons served as president of the Speaking Club. He publicly debated against the morality of slavery with Eliphalet Pearson (Harvard AB 1773) at his graduation in 1773. He trained to be a physician and disappeared at sea while serving as a ship's surgeon in 1779.
- Series
- Collections of the Harvard University Archives
Harvard in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Colonial North American Project at Harvard University - Repository
- Harvard University Archives
- Record ID
- 990122641550203941
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