John Frederick Schroeder

Résumé du livre

This diary consists of approximately three hundred thirty-three pages of small but very legible handwriting. The entries begin 13 October 1848, when Schroeder was in his senior year at Columbia, and the regular entries end 12 August 1851, after the end of Schroeder's second year at the seminary. In the diaries Schroeder describes his daily activities, including household and family events, in minute detail. Topics include his studies and other reading, visits with friends and family, and occasional comments on current events. Schroeder was very interested in chess, and frequently mentions playing games of chess, reading books on the subject, and studying problems. There is also much religious reflection.