The Joseph Dow trunk archive · Document gallery 14

Joseph Dow’s school compositions & reflections

17 photographs · 2 document groups

Compositions on moral improvement and capital punishment, photographed by Whit from the recovered collection. Related sides and physical details remain together. Reading views are turned where needed, and each full-resolution link preserves the supplied photograph. Uncertain readings remain open.

JDT-D086 · Progress of moral improvement: exhibition address, 1827

13 photographs

An exhibition address discussing liberty, education, religious publishing, missionary societies and moral improvement. Opening and closer views are kept together, followed by the reverse and inscription. The inscription states that it was written for the exhibition at Hampton Academy on August 14, 1827, and spoken on that occasion by Joseph Dow.

JDT-D087 · Capital punishment: composition, 1830

4 photographs

A historical composition discussing capital punishment, deterrence, imprisonment and reformation. An opened view is followed by closer views of the argument and conclusion. The closing inscription reads Hampton Academy, July 30, 1830, Joseph Dow.

Photographs supplied by Whit from the recovered collection. Descriptions are finding aids. Dates quoted in research notes and transcriptions are distinguished from the date of the surviving paper.