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6 clippings on Elisha Kent Kane’s campaign, 1 from Journal, 9 September, 1 from Enterprise, 1 from Agitator?, 9 September (no year), others unknown sources, n.d., 1 p.

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“Prohibitionists Adopt Platform,” unknown source, n.d., 1 p.

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Class Notes, 1877-1879, hardbound, blue and green cover, binding falling apart, 170 pp. (85 pp. blank); includes notes on mineralogy, electricity, optics, astronomy, geology, physics, and chemistry; also a 1 p. insert containing notes of an experiment.

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Class notes, AMs, some dated, in pencil, includes several equations, info. on virtual velocity, inertia, waterworks, also includes draft of a speech to “Gentlemen of the Club,” about surveying in the backwoods, 34 pages, 20 folded, dated from 6 February-4 December 1878.

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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,”...