Scope and content
Describes his early religious experiences and his Arminian leanings; his days at Dartmouth College; his study of medicine and his involvement in a grave robbery of a cadaver and the subsequent trial; his student days at Union College; his activities as a lawyer, district attorney, newspaper publisher, and politician in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania; his interest in the Corning and Blossburg Railroad, and land speculation. In 1837, Horace Greeley approached Emery with the offer of a literary editorship in return for an investment of $1900.
Dates
- 1801-1891.
Creator
- Emery, Josiah. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Born in Canterbury, New Hampshire; school teacher (New York City) and lawyer.
Extent
1 volumes. (1 volume.)
Language of Materials
English
- Arminianism.
- Autobiographies (literary genre)
- Burial.
- Cemeteries.
- Corning and Blossburg Railroad
- Dartmouth College
- Education -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Education -- New York (State) -- Schenectady.
- Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872.
- Law firms -- Pennsylvania -- Wellsboro.
- Lawyers
- Medicine -- Study and teaching -- New Hampshire.
- Public prosecutors.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Real property -- New York (State)
- Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.)
- Wellsboro (Penn.) -- Politics and government.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)