The Joseph Dow trunk archive · Document gallery 16

Character, imagination & public life

33 photographs · 9 document groups

Photographed by Whit from the recovered Joseph Dow collection. Related pages, close-ups, folds and reverse inscriptions remain together in the supplied sequence. Reading views are turned where needed; full-resolution links preserve the supplied originals. Titles are finding aids and uncertain readings remain open.

JDT-D098 · Elements of true politeness

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A composition exploring the qualities of true politeness, including conduct, disposition and consideration for others.

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JDT-D099 · Laws for the support of paupers

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A historical essay examining whether laws supporting the poor are beneficial. “Paupers” is the terminology used in the manuscript.

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JDT-D100 · Education, religion and civic liberty

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Successive views of a religious and civic argument discussing education, scripture, public influence and liberty. The exact title remains to be confirmed.

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JDT-D101 · Novels

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A composition considering novels, entertainment and the presentation of factual and imagined events.

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JDT-D102 · History and imagination

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An essay comparing history and imagination and considering their relationship in narrative writing.

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JDT-D103 · The duty of Christians to exercise the right of suffrage

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Opening, detail and concluding views of a historical argument on Christian participation in voting and government.

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JDT-D104 · Language as a medium of communication

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A composition on the limits and ambiguities of language as a means of communicating ideas.

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JDT-D105 · Minute and important events

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A comparison of the influence of small and important events on individual character and happiness. An enlarged opening view is kept beside the wider views.

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JDT-D106 · A description of spring and the river

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Descriptive writing about April, the river and the surrounding landscape. The concluding and reverse inscriptions are included; this is a descriptive finding-aid title.

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Photographs supplied by Whit from the recovered collection. Descriptions are finding aids rather than complete transcriptions. Historical views expressed in these manuscripts are those of their authors.