The Parkman tragedy, 1850.

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The Parkman tragedy, 1850.

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Drafts and outlines for an essay entitled "The Parkman Tragedy." Spear seems to have used blank pages of incoming letters and torn scraps of paper for the earliest draft[s?], making assembling the text into a coherent whole difficult. There may be one or more early drafts; texts that appear to be later versions may or may not be complete and may or may not be the final version.

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Harvard University Archives.

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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...

Parkman, George, 1790-1849

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Boston physician and murder victim. From the description of Letters received, ca. 1826-1847. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 14445201 ...

Spear, Charles, 1801-1863

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The title refers to the murder of Dr. George Parkman of Harvard Medical School. John White Webster was convicted and hanged for the gruesome murder in 1850. The trial caused a sensation and was the subject of a great deal of publicity due, at least in part, to the fact that both the victim and killer were affiliated with Harvard and part of the brahmin ranks of Boston society. From the description of The Parkman tragedy, 1850. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228509900 ...

Webster, John White, 1793-1850

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Harvard professor; murderer of Dr. Parkman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1824 May 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586850 Murderer of Dr. George Parkman. From the description of Letter : to William Hickling Prescott, 1850 Aug. 29. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41415981 Professor of chemistry at Harvard University. From the description of Letter, 1845, Sept. 24 : Cambridg...