Papers, 1774-1779.

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Papers, 1774-1779.

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Papers of Benjamin Guild, Congregational minister, bookseller, and Harvard tutor, contain two sermons written by Guild in 1775 and another unidentified sermon written during the early 18th century. Also, a diary with scattered entries from 1774-76 and 1778-79. Beyond recording his social engagements, weather, sermons preached, and books read, Guild described his work as a Harvard tutor, his travels as an itinerant preacher, time spent in his uncle John Guild's Presbyterian pulpit at Haverhill, N.J., his avocation as a bookseller, his effort to establish the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, his visit with Rev. Ezra Stiles at Yale University, and the progress of the Revolutionary War beginning with the Battle of Bunker Hill. (Cont) Also, a 30-page copy in Guild's hand of a letter from John Adams to John Jay dated 4 Aug. 1779, describing the state of European affairs.

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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...

Jay, John, 1745-1829

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John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, Founding Father, abolitionist, negotiator, and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783. He served as the second governor of New York and the first chief justice of the United States. He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. Jay was born into a wealthy family of merchants and...

Adams, John, 1735-1826

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Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795

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Congregational clergyman and librarian, of Newport, R.I.; and president of Yale University, New Haven, Conn. From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, 1682-1795. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 368232945 Ezra Stiles, president of Yale College from 1778 to 1795. From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, [ca. 1727-1795]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81484808 From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, [ca. 1727-1795...

Yale University.

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Guild, John, 1712-1787.

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Guild, Benjamin, 1749-1792

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Benjamin Guild lived from 1749 to 1792. Thus, he witnessed the American Revolution from his home in Boston, Massachusetts. He was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts on April 17, 1749. He was the son of Benjamin and Abigail (Graves) Guild. Guild received his Bachelor of Arts (1769) and his Master of Arts (1772) degrees from Harvard College. As a Presbyterian pastor he preached in several Massachusetts communities including Dedham, Haverhill, and Cambridge. Guild was a Latin tutor at Harvard College ...

National Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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