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Harvard University. Board of Overseers. Records related to the charges against and defense made by Nathan Prince, 1740-1742.

Title: Records related to the charges against and defense made by Nathan Prince, 1740-1742.

In 1742, Nathan Prince (1698-1748) was dismissed from his position as Harvard College Tutor, following several years of controversy surrounding his alleged intemperance, slanderous comments about his colleagues, and other misdeeds. This collection contains records of the complaints and depositions made against Prince, his defense against those accusations, and related correspondence. Ultimately Prince's appeal of the Board of Overseers' decision to dismiss him was refused and he was forced to leave Harvard.

ArchivalResource: .26 cubic feet (1 half document box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/680435923 View

Smith, Elias, 1731-1792. Elias Smith diary, 1753.

Title: Elias Smith diary, 1753.

Diary of Elias Smith, kept 18 July 1753, in an interleaved almanac. Entries note the examination given to Smith and his classmates prior to their graduation from Harvard College. Also, an account of money given by each student as a gift to the class tutor, Belcher Hancock, upon their graduation.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50216394 View