with a friend in presenting Harvard with a rare cabinet of minerals and numerous botanical specimens. He continued the duties of superintendent until his retirement due to old age in 1861. Cogswell returned to Massachusetts—settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He resigned as a Trustee of the Astor library in 1863. He died November 26, 1871 in Cambridge. Further reading Anna E. Ticknor, ed., Life of Jos. Green Cogswell as Sketched in his Letters (printed privately, Boston, 1874). Notes External links 1786 births 1871 deaths American librarians American editors Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Harvard University alumni Harvard University faculty Harvard University librarians People from Ipswich, Massachusetts Phillips Exeter Academy alumni