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Benjamin Dearborn : Teacher, Inventor, Philanthropist

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

Date

1951

GUSN

GUSN-169906

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Description

Benjamin Dearborn, by all accounts, was a renaissance man. He started schools devoted exclusively to the education of girls, invented a balance, and wrote extensively in newspaper articles and pamphlets. Emma Forbes Waite takes a look at this brilliant man.

Details

Additional Identification Number

Article ID 355

Collection Code

SC001

Collection Name

Old-Time New England

Reference Code

SC001.1951.042.146.002

Abstract

Benjamin Dearborn, by all accounts, was a renaissance man. He started schools devoted exclusively to the education of girls, invented a balance, and wrote extensively in newspaper articles and pamphlets. Emma Forbes Waite takes a look at this brilliant man.

Date Notes

Volume 42, Number 146 (Fall, 1951)

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Record Details

Originator

Emma Forbes Waite (Author)

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1951). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Publisher Series

Old Time New England

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