Boswell, William Laws

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Class of 1848; Professor, 1857-1865; Trustee, 1881-1912
Full name
William Laws Boswell
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, PA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
Education
Dickinson (Carlisle College)
Occupation
Educator
Church or Religious Denomination
Methodist
Date Event
In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, two Dickinson College students punished for gun play on campus
At Dickinson College, the Junior and Senior classes request the end of term be brought forward
Dickinson College
Date Title
Dickinson College President Herman Johnson Circular Letter, April 24, 1861
How to Cite This Page: "Boswell, William Laws," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/5142.