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Williams » Special Collections » Timeline » 19th-century » August 25th, 1835

August 25th, 1835

The first expedition of Williams’s Lyceum of Natural History sails out of Boston bound for the Bay of Fundy and Nova Scotia. The first student expedition ever, the group is lead by Profs. Albert Hopkins and Ebenezer Emmons.

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