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Written at the age of 16. Series of long poems intended to include the four seasons, but not finished. Inscribed inside back cover: Philadelphia Dec 1815.

Contents: Mr. Silliman's private lectures on mineralogy. - Mr. Kingsley's lectures on history. - Husbandry. - Botany. - A view of the natural order of Linnaeus from the Encyclopedia Britannica. - System of Nature by Charles Line. - Additional genera from Shaw's General Zoology. - Murray's Chemistry. - Chemistry. - A course of Natural Science.

Contents: Disputes and decisions by Dr. Dwight. - British poets. - Scotch airs and words adapted to them. - Diseases of children, Ives. - Dr. Ives on Materia Medica. - Dr. Smith on Nervous Diseases. - Botany notes.

Contents: System of Rhetoric compiled from Blair's lectures and Dr. Dwight's remarks - Logic - Moral Philosophy - Dr. Dwight's advice. - Linguistic bibliographies - Disputations. - Mr. Kingsley on languages.

Contents: Disputations - Linne's Systema Natura - Submersed algae from Dilwynn's Conservae. - System of theology from Vincent to Dr. Dwight - Wilson's Ornithology. - Linguistic bibliography.

Autograph manuscript notes on his readings.

Contents: Zoology compiled from Shaw, Buffon, Pennant. - Mithradates vol. II, European languages vol. III, African languages - American languages.

Contents: Mr. Day's Lectures on Natural Philosophy - Mithradates, vol. II - Linguistic notes. - F. Adelung's Uebersicht - Literature of languages.