Williams College Biographical Annals 1871 Missionaries, Haystack Prayer Meeting

Durfee, Calvin; Prime, S. Irenaeus. Williams Biographical Annals; With an Introduction by Rev. S. Irenaeus Prime, D. D. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1871. First Edition. [10871] Publisher's purple cloth, edge-worn with fraying at the spine ends and corner tips, 8 1/2 x 6 inches, tight. 1871 gift inscription on ffep. Frontispiece portrait and several additional steel engravings, plus a real photo mounted of the Soldier's Monument. 1870 newspaper clipping from the Troy Daily Times describing President Mark Hopkins tipped in next to his entry. 665 clean pp. Fair. Hardcover. This volume includes Sketches of the Presidents, the Vice-Presidents, the Trustees, Principal Donors, Professors, and "Fallen Heroes." It includes a chapter on The Men of the Haystack - Notice of Mr. Rice - Dedication of Missionary Monument. Then follows Sketches of the Alumni, pp. 206-665, which is the main body of the volume. A thorough treatment of the men of Williams College, founded in 1793. The "Haystack Prayer Meeti