Papers of Urian Oakes, 1656, 1682.

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Papers of Urian Oakes, 1656, 1682.

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Information about Harvard College business is not contained in the Papers of Urian Oakes. These papers include a poem about Oakes written upon his death and his commission as Vicar of Titchfield in Southhampton County, England.

2 documents (1 folio box).

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Samuel Mather (1677-1746) was a member of a prominent Connecticut family. He was born in Branford, Connecticut in 1677; his parents were the Reverend Samuel and Hannah (Treat) Mather. When Samuel was four, his family moved to Windsor, Connecticut. He attended Harvard College, receiving an A.B. in 1698 and an A.M. in 1701. He began studying medicine in 1698 and by 1702 he was admitted "to be a Practitioner of Physick and Chyrurgy." He was quickly successful, and in 1710 was appointed a surgeon to...

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