Diary of Joel Smith Bacon
- Collection
- Hamilton College Archives - General Collection
- Genre
- Manuscripts
- Subgenre- Manuscripts
- Diaries and journals
- Contributor Name
- Bacon, Joel Smith, 1802-1869
- Date
- 1822 to 1823
- Language
- English
- Extent
- 193 images
- Abstract
- Diary of Joel Smith Bacon, Class of 1826. Bacon attended Cortland Academy in Homer, N.Y. and Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. (B.A. 1826). Later in life he was a president of Columbian College (now George Washington University), and a Baptist minister who distributed Bibles to freed slaves after the Civil War.
- Subject Topical
- Student grey literature
- Subject Name
- Bacon, Joel Smith, 1802-1869
- Cortland Academy (Homer, N.Y.)
- Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.)
- Subject Geographic
- New York (State)
- Clinton (N.Y.)
- Oneida County (N.Y.)
- Homer (N.Y. : Town)
- Shelf Location
- Original digital object name: yhm-arc-b125d53
- Hamilton College Archives, AL COLL B125 D53 1822-23
- Restrictions on Access
- There are no restrictions on access to this material.