Chase, Pliny Earle; Brown, Edward. Proceedings of the Alumni Association of Friends' Yearly Meeting School: with the Oration, by Pliny Earle Chase, and the Poem, by Edward Brown. Delivered before the Association at their Sixth Annual Meeting at Newport, 1864. Providence: Published by the Association; Knowles, Anthony & Co., Printers, 1864. [11252]
Printed wrappers, wrappers detached, 9 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches, 46 clean pp., top corner chipped on the back portion of the wrapper. Fair. Pamphlet.
The Oration by Chase is entitled, "The Philosophy of George Fox." The Poem by Brown is called, "Alma Mater."
Pliny Earle Chase (1820-1886), b. Worcester, MA; d. Haverford, PA. Chase was a Harvard College graduate; as a scientist he contributed to the fields of astronomy, electromagnetism, and cryptology. He was for many years professor of philosophy and logic in Haverford College.
