FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING MANUAL LABOR IN LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THE REPORT OF THEIR GENERAL AGENT, THEODORE D. WELD. JANUARY 28, 1833
1833 · New York
by [Weld, Theodore D.]
New York: Benedict, 1833. Original printed wrappers [rear wrap stained], stitched and untrimmed. 120pp, compliments slip laid in. Very Good.
The Introduction explains that the Society concluded "that a reform in our seminaries of learning was greatly needed, both for the preservation of health and for giving energy to the character by habits of vigorous and useful exercise." The Executive Committee included Lewis Tappan and Joshua Leavitt, with a supporting cast of other well-known American reformers. In rendering his Report, Weld made "an extensive (truncated)
The Introduction explains that the Society concluded "that a reform in our seminaries of learning was greatly needed, both for the preservation of health and for giving energy to the character by habits of vigorous and useful exercise." The Executive Committee included Lewis Tappan and Joshua Leavitt, with a supporting cast of other well-known American reformers. In rendering his Report, Weld made "an extensive (truncated)