Papers of Henry Dunster and the Dunster and Glover families, 1638-1874.

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Papers of Henry Dunster and the Dunster and Glover families, 1638-1874.

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Henry Dunster (1609-1659?) was the first president of Harvard College, serving from 1640 to 1654. These papers primarily document the business transactions and family history of members of the Dunster and Glover families during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. The financial and legal documents provide a partial record of family property in colonial New England, as well as insight into the legal system in colonial America. A few documents, including memoranda and reports, provide details about Dunster's tenure as president of Harvard, early colonial education in New England, local missionary efforts to educate Native Americans, and operations of the first printing press in the colonies. Of particular interest is "the List of 1655/6", considered by some to represent the beginning of American bibliography.

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Dunster, Jason

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Roberts, Edward

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John Appleton

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Joseph Glover

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Glover, Priscilla

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Thomas Greene

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Dunster, Henry, 1609-1659?

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Henry Dunster (1609-1659?) was the first President of Harvard College from 1640 to 1654. From the description of Papers of President Henry Dunster and the Dunster Family, 1638-1937, 1638-1874 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77071918 Henry Dunster was the first president of Harvard, serving from 1640 to 1654. Dunster, the son of Henry Dunster and Isabel Kaye Dunster, was baptized on November 26, 1609 in Bury, Lancashire, England. He ...

Dunster, Isaiah

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Hannah Dunster

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