Nichols papers, 1592-1852.

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Nichols papers, 1592-1852.

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Misc. collection of papers containing undated 17th-century sermons and correspondence, including items of Congregational ministers Shubael Dummer, John Cotton, Josiah Cotton, and William Brattle. Also, the "Will of Charles Chatterbox," alias William Bigelow, in verse, written at the end of his career as a student at Harvard College in 1794; and a document of sale from Nathan Hale to Thomas W. Ward for Boston newspapers, their subscriptions, and equipment.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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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...

Cotton, Josiah, 1680-1756

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Cotton was a Boston minister. From the description of History of the Cotton family : manuscript, [ca. 1728]-1755. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612844239 ...

Ward, Thomas W. (Thomas Wren), 1786-1858

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Businessman. From the description of Thomas W. Ward correspondence, 1841 February 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981311 ...

Brattle, William, 1662-1717

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Standard text at Harvard until the 1770s. From the description of Compendium logicae secundum principia D. Renati Des:cartes catechisticé propositum / per Dom. Brattle, in usum pupillorum ; A compendium of logick according to the modern phylosophers extracted from Le-grand and others their systems / by Mr. Brattle, in usum pupillorum : manuscript, 1707. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612843242 Brattle (A. B. 1680) was a Boston minister. From the descr...

Cotton, John, 1639-1698.

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Dummer, Shubael, 1636-1692.

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Hale, Nathan, 1784-1863

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Biglow, William, 1773-1844

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William Biglow (1773-1844) was a schoolmaster, songwriter, and author, who graduated from Harvard in 1794. Biglow was born in Natick, Mass. on September 22, 1773. He received an AB from Harvard in 1794 and AM in 1804. In 1792, as a Harvard student, Biglow wrote Junior Classology. After graduation he worked as an educator and served as headmaster of the Boston Public Latin School from 1805 to 1814. Biglow also wrote for local magazines, including the Federal Orrery, Massa...