Puerto Rico in the 1830’s; The Journal of Edward Bliss Emerson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1533-6247|16|1|63-75

ISSN: 0003-1615

Source: The Americas, Vol.16, Iss.1, 1959-07, pp. : 63-75

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Abstract

Edward Bliss Emerson, a younger brother of Ralph Waldo Emerson, was born in 1805. Educated at Andover Academy and Harvard, he showed great promise as a scholar. Ill health plagued the young man, however, and he was forced to give up his work as a teacher. A trip to southern Europe failed to cure his tuberculosis. Next he tried to study law in Boston, but this brought on the total ruin of his health and a short spell of mental derangement.