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{"value"=>"III. Edwin Emerson"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Edwin Emerson, 1823-1908, was originally from New York City. After early training as a printer and some work as a journalist, he entered Princeton in 1845, graduated in 1849, then attended the Princeton Theological Seminary from 1849-1852. In 1852 he married Mary Louisa Ingham, of Trenton, New Jersey, and became the pastor of the Presbyterian church in Greencastle, Pennsylvania. Greencastle was the family's home for the next eight years. In 1860 Emerson was made a professor of English literature at the University of Troy, Troy, New York. At Troy, Emerson became an enthusiastic amateur photographer and, along with his colleagues Ogden Rood and Professor Charles Francis Himes, experimented and made contributions to the new field.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>This series contains diaries, account books, correspondence, memorabilia, and writings of Edwin Emerson. The writings span the years of 1861-1908, the year of Edwin's death. It mostly consists of poetry which Edwin wrote and had printed, to be dedicated and sent to his children and grandchildren on special occasions, and poems he wrote in remembrance of his life on several birthdays. There are also printed prose writings on the philosophy of man in relation to animals, the technology of the stereoscope, and a detailed family history of the Emerson's, going back several generations before Edwin's birth. Additionally, there are several poems which were written by friends of Edwin, which were dedicated to him for special occasions, including an \"acrostic\" poem which spells \"Edwin Emerson\".</p>"}
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