The Peirce Edition Project

	1839	Born in Cambridge, MA, to Benjamin and Sarah Hunt (Mills) Peirce, 10 Sept.
	1855	Enters Harvard College
	1858	First publication: "Think Again!" Harvard Magazine, April
	1859	Graduates (A.B.) from Harvard; continues as a "resident graduate" for one year.
		Temporary aide in U.S. Coast Survey, fall to spring '60
	1860	Studies classification with Agassiz at Harvard, summer-fall
	1861	Enters Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard
		Appointed regular aide in Coast Survey, 1 July
	1862	Receives graduate degree (A.M.) from Harvard
		Marries Harriet Melusina Fay, 16 Oct.
	1863	Graduates summa cum laude (Sc.B.) in Chemistry from Lawrence Scientific School
	1865	Harvard lectures on "The Logic of Science," spring
		Begins Logic Notebook, 12 Nov.; last entry in Nov. '09
	1866	Lowell Institute lectures on "The Logic of Science; or Induction and Hypothesis," 24 Oct.-1 Dec.
	1867	Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 30 Jan.
	1869	Writes first of about 300 Nation reviews, in Mar.; last in Dec. '08
		Assistant at Harvard Observatory, Oct.'69 - Dec. '72
		Harvard lectures on "British Logicians," Dec.-Jan.
	1870	First Coast Survey assignment in Europe: 18 June '70 - 7 Mar. '71
	1871- 1872	Founding member of Cambridge Metaphysical Club in spring, or in Jan. '72
		In charge of Survey office, spring-summer
		In charge of pendulum experiments, beginning in Nov.
		Promoted to rank of Assistant in the Survey, 1 Dec.
	1875	Second Coast Survey assignment in Europe, Apr. '75 - Aug. '76
		Serves as first official American delegate to International Geodetic Association in Paris, 20-29 Sept.
	1876	Separates from Melusina in Oct.
	1877	Elected to National Academy of Sciences, 20 Apr.
		Third Coast Survey assignment in Europe, 13 Sept.-18 Nov.
		Represents U.S. at International Geodetic Association conference in Stuttgart, 27 Sept. - 2 Oct.
	1878	Photometric Researches published in Aug.
	1879- 1884	Lecturer in logic at Johns Hopkins University
	1879	First meeting of Johns Hopkins Metaphysical Club, 28 Oct.
	1880	Elected to London Mathematical Society, 11 Mar.
		Fourth Coast Survey assignment in Europe, Apr.-Aug.
		Addresses French Academy on value of gravity, 14 June
		Designs and supervises the construction of the first of four gravity pendulums bearing his name.
		Death of Peirce's father, Benjamin, 6 Oct.
		Trains members of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition on the use of Peirce Pendulum No. 1 prior to their June departure for the Arctic.
	1881	Elected to American Association for the Advancement of Science in Aug.
	1883	Studies in Logic published in spring
		Divorces Melusina, 24 Apr.
		Marries Juliette Froissy (Pourtalais), 26 Apr.
		Fifth and final Coast Survey assignment in Europe, May-Sept.
	1883- 1891	Prepares about 15,000 definitions for Century Dictionary (published 1889-91)
	1884	Lt Greely and survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition bring out the raw data for Peirce's report on Arctic gravity measurements in June
		Forced to resign from Johns Hopkins; moves to Washington, D.C. in Sept.
		In charge of U.S. Office of Weights and Measures, Oct. '84 - 22 Feb. '85
	1884- 1886	Directs pendulum operations to determine relative gravity at Washington, D.C. and various field sites, Jul. '84 - Feb. '86
	1886	Moves from Washington, D.C. to New York City, Mar.
		Operations at Stevens Institute, Hoboken, summer
		Relieved of field operations for the Coast Survey, 15 Aug.
	1887	Receives first inquiries about his correspondence course in logic, Jan.
		Submits, under pressure, his report on General Greely's pendulum work at Fort Conger, 11 Apr.
		Moves with Juliette to Milford, Penn. 28 Apr.; by May 11 rents a house (in town) for the summer
		Finishes first paper after moving to Milford, "Criticism on Phantasms of the Living," 14 May. Published in Dec.
		Death of Peirce's mother, Sarah Mills, 10 Oct.
	1887- 1888	Turns "One, Two, Three" (1885-86) into "A Guess at the Riddle"
	1888	Appointed by President Cleveland to U.S. Assay Commission, 1 Jan.
		Death of Charlotte Elizabeth Peirce, his aunt, 4 Feb.
		Rents Scheinmee Homestead on Broad Street, Milford, 28 Apr.
		Assigns a clerk, Allan Risteen, for Coast Survey work
		Risteen and wife stay with Peirces in Milford, Apr. - Jul.
		Purchases with Juliette the Quick farm about two miles northeast of Milford, 10 May; renamed Arisbe in 1891
	1889	First edition of Century Dictionary published; continues till 1891
		Starts renovations on Quick farmhouse, Jan.
		O. H. Mitchell, 37, died of pneumonia at Marietta, 29 Mar.
		Juliette diagnosed with tuberculosis in May
		Thomas Corwin Mendenhall succeeds Thorn as superintendent of the Coast Survey, 9 Jul.
		Submits report on gravity at Smithsonian, Ann Arbor, Madison, and Cornell, 20 Nov. Never published
		Juliette travels to Mediterranean for her health, Nov. 27 - spring '90
	1890	Ernst Schröder resumes correspondence with Peirce, 1 Feb.
		Completes major addition to Arisbe, Apr.
		Helps organize the New York Times debate on Spencer; contributes under the name "Outsider," 23 Mar. - 27 Apr.
		Invited by Paul Carus to write article for inaugural issue of the Monist, 2 Jul.; submits "The Architecture of Theories," 3 Aug. (too late for the first issue), launching one of his most important publishing relationships
	1891	Juliette undergoes surgery for gynecological problems in Jan.
		In Sep., after receiving no further work from Peirce on gravity determinations, Superintendent Mendenhall asks for Peirce's resignation from Coast and Geodetic Survey, effective 31 Dec.
	1892	Delivers Lowell lectures on "The History of Science," 28 Nov. '92 - 5 Jan. '93
	1893	Petrus Peregrinus announced; prospectus published, Oct. "Search for a Method" announced by Open Court (not completed)
		"The Principles of Philosophy" (in 12 vols.) announced by Henry Holt Co., Dec. (not completed)
	1894	"How to Reason" rejected by both Macmillan and Ginn & Co.
	1895	"New Elements of Mathematics" rejected by Ginn & Co.
	1896	Consulting chemical engineer (till '02), St. Lawrence Power Co.
	1896- 1897	Reviewed Ernst Schröder's works on logic of relatives
	1898	Delivers Cambridge lectures on "Reasoning and the Logic of Things," 10 Feb. - 7 Mar.
		"The History of Science" announced by Putnam's (not completed)
		William James introduces "Pragmatism" to Berkeley Philosophical Union, naming Peirce its father, 26 Aug.
	1901	Contributed to Baldwin's Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology
		Presents "On the Logic of Research into Ancient History" to National Academy of Sciences, 12-14 Nov.
	1901- 1902	Completes the first four chapters of "Minute Logic"
	1902	Applies to Carnegie Institution for grant to fund "Proposed Memoirs on Minute Logic" (rejected)
	1903	Delivers Harvard lectures on "Pragmatism," 26 Mar. - 17 May
		Delivers Lowell lectures on "Some Topics of Logic," 23 Nov. - 17 Dec.
		Begins correspondence with Victoria Lady Welby
	1905- 1906	Publishes three Monist papers on pragmatism (series incomplete)
	1906	Presents paper on existential graphs to National Academy of Sciences, Apr.
		Presents paper on phaneroscopy to National Academy of Sciences, Nov.
	1907	Delivers three Harvard Philosophy Club lectures on "Logical Methodeutic," 8-13 Apr.
		Writes lengthy letter to the Nation and Atlantic Monthly on pragmatism (especially R 318)
	1908	Publishes "A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God," Hibbert Journal, Oct.
	1908- 1909	Publishes Monist series on "Amazing Mazes"
	1909	Originates a matrix method for three-valued logic; recorded in his Logic Notebook (R 339), 23 Feb.
	1911	Writes "A Sketch of Logical Critics" for volume to honor Lady Welby (not completed)
		Last public presentation: "The Reasons of Reasoning, or Grounds of Inferring" at meeting of National Academy of Sciences, 21-22 Nov.
	1914	Dies of cancer at Arisbe, 19 April