"The Death of a Harvard Man," part 2

c. 1850 photograph of the Harvard Medical School showing the end of building with the dissecting room. Note the proximity to the water. Image Source: ©Robert Sullivan, The Disappearance of Dr. Parkman,, 1971. Click on the image for images of the scene of the crime and the surrounding area.

Caricature of George Parkman. For the convicted murderer of George Parkman, click on Parkman's image. Image Sources: ©Simon Schama, Dead Certainties, pp. 140, 90.

Outline:

• review last week's speculations & conclusions
• discuss Schama, pp. 171-273. For commentary/discussion notes on the Schama assignment click here.
• distribute reviews of Dead Certainties by R. W. B. Lewis & Gordon Wood.
• hand out contemporary clippings from the Buffalo, New York Buffalo Daily Republican concerning the Webster trial which were found pasted into the Baltimore Bar Library's copy of Stone's "phonographic" transcript of the trial. For discussion next week.
• discuss assignment due in two weeks.