The Philolexian Society of Columbia University
Gouverneur Morris
Vital
- Full name
- Gouverneur Morris
Columbia & the Society
- Columbia
- Class of 1768 (K's C)
Works (24)
- 1779 Observations on the American Revolution · Published by resolution of Congress
- 1780 Letters on Appreciation · Pamphlet on currency depreciation
- 1787 Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (principal drafter of final text) · As member of the Committee of Style, credited by most historians with authorship of the final preamble wording
- 1788 An Address to the People of the State of New-York · Constitution ratification pamphlet
- 1800 An Oration, upon the Death of General Washington · Funeral eulogy, delivered New York, Dec. 31, 1799
- 1803 The Speeches of Mr. Ross and Mr. Morris, Delivered in the Senate of the United States · Feb. 24, 1803, on free navigation of the Mississippi & right of deposit
- 1806 Notes on the United States of America · Office of the United States Gazette, Philadelphia
- 1811 Report of the Commissioners Appointed [by the New York Legislature] for Inland Navigation · As President of the Erie Canal Commission
- 1813 An Oration, Delivered July 5th, 1813, before the Washington Benevolent Society · Patriotic society address
- 1813 Discourse Delivered before the New-York Historical Society, at Their Anniversary Meeting, 6th December, 1812 · Historical Society anniversary address
- 1814 Advantages of the Proposed Canal from Lake Erie, to Hudson's River · Correspondence with Robert Fulton on the Erie Canal
- 1816 An Inaugural Discourse, Delivered before the New-York Historical Society · Sept. 4, 1816, on the 206th anniversary of Hudson's discovery of New York
- 1888 The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris, Minister of the United States to France (2 vols., ed. Anne Cary Morris) · Posthumous
- 1939 A Diary of the French Revolution (2 vols., ed. Beatrix Cary Davenport) · Posthumous
- 2011 The Diaries of Gouverneur Morris: European Travels, 1794–1798 (ed. Melanie Randolph Miller) · Posthumous scholarly edition
- 2018 The Diaries of Gouverneur Morris: New York, 1799–1816 (ed. Melanie Randolph Miller) · Posthumous scholarly edition
- 1768 A correct statement of the late melancholy affair of honor
- 1768 An answer to War in disguise
- 1768 An answer to War in disguise, or, Remarks upon the new doctrine of England, concerning neutral trade ...
- 1768 Discourse delivered before the New-York historical society ... 6th December, 1812 ...
- 1768 Papers, ca. 1771-1834
- 1768 Philosophie rurale, ou, Économie générale et politique de l'agriculture
- 1768 The diary and letters of Gouverneur Morris, minister of the United States to France etc
- 1768 To the people of the United States ...
Primary sources
The Columbia Daily Spectator
1904-10-28 DEBATING AND ORATORY Development at Columbia of these Branches of College Activity [ARTICLE] awarded silver medal for oratory and composition (historical, King's College)
DEBATING AND ORATORY Development at Columbia of these Branches of College Activity Ever since the founding of Kings College one hundred and fifty years ago, debating and oratory have occupied foremost places among the non-athletic activities at what is now Columbia University. Stories have been handed down from the newspapers of pre-Revolution-ary days of the forensic contests between the students of King's College. These contests were usually held in some public hall and were attended by a large number of the citizens of New York. At first they were under the control of the College authorities, but ifv soon fell under the management of a newly formed literary society. Just when this society was first organized, it is difficult to say, but in Holt's New York Journal, of May 17, 1768, there is an account of the nth Annual Commencement of King's College, in which it is stated that as…
1912-03-06 TRADITIONS OF COLUMBIA referenced historical alumnus
TRADITIONS OF COLUMBIA Dean Keppel Speaks on Past of the University and Ideals to be Maintained As a special feature of yesterday's regular Tuesday Chapel service, Dean Keppel addressed a large assemblage of undergraduates on the subject of Columbia T and Ideals." The Dean spoke as follows: —. "A man's development in College and University is a many-sided thing, but there are two broad sides to it. There is, in the first place, his own individual development. This is, indeedj of no small importance, but if it is the only kind that the man received there is danger of selfishness and intolerance. Fortunately, however, this is not the only kind of training which the colleges furnish—there is also the training that comes in co-operation with others. Team play and college spirit are as much parts of this as squad work in engineering or the common training of the seminar and…
1990-08-30 From Hamilton to Sha Na Na: Famous CU alums abound [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION] notable King's College alumnus achieving recognition in the war
From Hamilton to Sha Na Na: Famous CU alums abound By Jean Lee Did the walls of your John Jay room witness the musical birth of Sha Na Na? Are you washins your whites in the same machine as Suzanne Vesa did? Did Art Garfunkel lose his way around campus durins Orientation, too? Possibly, very probably. These former Columbia first—years and more survived Orientation, Contemporary Civilization, and the required swim test while their counterparts across Broadway endured the senior thesis and the year of lab science. And they went beyond the sates on Broadway to achieve fame and admiration in the music, art, literature, business, and political worlds of American culture. The lons an d lustrous list of Columbia alums stretches back to the University'sorisins as Kins's Collese, established in 1754. Under the leadership of the Collese's first president, the Reverend Samuel Johnson,…
Cardozo, History of the Philolexian Society (1902)
Cardozo, History of the Philolexian Society (1902) Leaf / page 5
Named in Cardozo, History of the Philolexian Society (1902) at the referenced leaf.
Cardozo, History of the Philolexian Society (1902) Leaf / page 5
Named in Cardozo, History of the Philolexian Society (1902) at the referenced leaf.
Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916)
Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 135
Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.
Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 689
Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.
Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 1000
Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.
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