Biographical sketches, 1909-1910.

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Biographical sketches, 1909-1910.

Letters and essays concerning the life and work of historian Charles Gross, professor at Harvard University. Collected by editor Worthington C. Ford, the material was used by Charles H. Haskins for his memoir of Gross in the Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings, vol. 49, pp. 160-166.

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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...

Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941

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Haskins, Charles Homer, 1870-1937

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Gross, Charles, 1857-1909

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