Diary, 1729.

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Diary, 1729.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/214088065

This diary is interleaved in a 1729 almanac. It consists of line-a-day entries which detail the weather, Odlin's visitors, marriages and deaths, and Biblical texts which he probably studied while at Harvard. A list of the class that entered Harvard in 1729 is also included in this diary.

1 v. (10 leaves) ; octavo.

American Antiquarian Society

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American Antiquarian Society

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Odlin, Elisha, 1709-1752.

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Elisha Odlin (1709-1752) was a native of Exeter, N.H., who became the third minister of the First Congregational Church of Amesbury, Mass. He was a 1731 graduate of Harvard College and, before becoming a minister, was the Exeter schoolkeeper, and served as town clerk and selectman. He was a supporter and confidant of Governor Jonathan Belcher and Province Secretary Richard Waldron. From the description of Diary, 1729. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 214088065 ...

Harvard College (1636-1780)

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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...