Letter, 1827 May 6, Northampton [Massachusetts] to Richard Brenan (Charleston, S.C.)
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Harvard University
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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...
Durgh, W.
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Recipient of this letter, Richard Brenan (1805 - ca.1860s) was a native of Charleston, S.C., and an 1825 graduate of Harvard; in 1829, Brenan married Mary Lavinia Brown (1806-1832), daughter of Joshua Brown, in Charleston, S.C.; by 1832, the couple lived in New Orleans, Louisiana; the writer of this letter, identified as "W. Durgh" of Hampshire County (Mass.) is apparently an attorney and may hold political office; "W. Durgh" likely became friends with Brenan during his college years in Boston. ...
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Brenan, Ricard, 1805-186u
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