Memorial & Funerary, 1843 - 1983
Scope and Contents
6 pamphlets containing memorial or funerary materials including funeral orations and eulogies published between 1843 and 1983. The materials included are as follows:
Daniel Webster, Mr. Webster’s Address on the Completion of The Bunker Hill Monument, Topsham, 1843
A.S. Packard, D.D., James McKeen, Remarks at His Funeral, Topsham, 1873
Colonel Edward D. Baker, Oration of Colonel Edward D. Baker Over the Dead Body of David C. Broderick, New York, 1889
William Everett, Oration in Honor of Col. William Prescott, Boston, 1895
Sir Max Mallowan, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Oxford, 1976
Olive Sayce, R.A. Sayce, A Memoir, Oxford, 1983
Dates
- 1843 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 7.5 Cubic Feet (21 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu