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"Extracts from 'Recollections' of 'My Life'" by Peregrine Wroth, M. D., 1872 January 1

 Item — Box: 01, Folder: 05

Scope and content note

Grandson, Peregrine Wroth's copy. Writtings include: “The Miseries of Life”; “Retrospection”; “Gentleman of the Old School”; “The Yule Log”; “Past and Present”; “To the Mobile Register”; “The Fall of the Year”; “The Music of the Spheres”; “Discovery of the Site of New Yarmouth”; “Monomae an Indian Tale”; “Are we Polite People”; “The Aristocracy Must be Put Down”; “The Maryland Line”; lecture on Geology; “Plagiarism”; “Some Things That I Remember”. Some Wroth’s boyhood recollections, such as “The Yule Log” include songs and traditions of the local slaves.

Dates

  • Creation: 1872 January 1

Access restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.25 Cubic Feet (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Washington College Archives & Special Collections Repository

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