Manuscript Group 1047, Joseph Addison Freeman, Notebook, 1851
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1047. FREEMAN, JOSEPH ADDISON
(1833-64).
Notebook, 1851. 1 vol.
Undergraduate notes taken by Joseph Addison Freeman for
thirty-four
of a course of thirty-eight lectures on “”natural
philosophy”
(i.e. physics), which were delivered by Prof. Richard
S.
McCulloh from August to November, 1851 at the College of
New
Jersey (now Princeton University). Freeman received an A.B.
from
the College of NewJersey in 1852, then an A.M. and M.D.
from
the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
in
1855 and 1856 respectively. During the Civil War he served as a
surgeon
in the l3th New Jersey Volunteers, until his death in
Nashville,
Tenn. on December 29, 1864.
Purchase, 1977.
DRAFT
MG
1047
Joseph
Addison Freeman (1833-1864), medical student and physician.
Notebook,
1851. 1 vol.
Undergraduate notes (1851) taken by Joseph Addison Freeman
(1833-1864) for 34 of 38 lectures of a course on natural
philosophy (physics), which were delivered by Professor
Richard S. McCulloh from August to November, 1851 at the College
of New Jersey (Princeton). Topics include: properties of
aerodynamics, friction, hydrostatics, matter, the pendulum and
its uses, and varied motion. Drawings and diagrams supplement the
notes.
Freeman, born in 1833, Paterson (Passaic County), received an
A.B. from the College of New Jersey (Princeton, 1852), and an
A.M. (1855) and M.D. (1856) from the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, Columbia University. During the Civil War he served as
Surgeon in the 13th New Jersey Volunteers, until his
death in Nashville, Tennessee in 1864.
Purchase,
1977
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