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“Botany,” regarding a botany class Elisha took at Princeton, 8 pp., 1879.

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“The Coahuila Frontier,” deals with Texas border raids, “this border of desolation steadily encroaches on civilization as each incursion destroys or puts to flight more settlers,” 2 copies, each 4 pp., 1878.

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“Coal,” a report on the types, properties, and history of coal, 2 pp., folded, 1 written on 4 sides, 1 on 2 sides, n.d.

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“A Comparison,” compares the sufferings of Ireland with Poland, 7 pp., n.d.

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“Cumulative Strains,” on a bridge, corrections made on it, written in pencil, 4 pages, n.d.

Scope and Contents “Dangers Impending from Communists,” argues that the results of communism are: the destruction of commerce, family relations, and government; an increase in idleness and crime; the subversion of true religion; and a relapse into savagery. Elisha refers to the Bible as the “great communist book,” labels Jesus’ teachings as communistic, and, referring to the early Christian community, points out the “disastrous collapse of the first society formed in accordance with [communistic] principles,”...

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“Diagonals,” draft, some pages numbered, mostly written in pencil, 28 pages, n.d.

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“Fidelity,” fidelity is the “soul of honor,” 1 p., folded, written on 3 sides, 24 September 1873.

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“Foundations,” “Tunneling,” and “Drainage,” in pencil, 4 pages, n.d.

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“Inventions of the last Century,” writes about the steam engine, telegraph, sewing machine, and the manufacture of cotton and woolen yarns and fabrics, 2 pp., both folded and written on 4 sides, n.d.