I spake the truth : the life and times of Henry Dunster, founding president of Harvard University, 1609 - 1659, 1990.

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I spake the truth : the life and times of Henry Dunster, founding president of Harvard University, 1609 - 1659, 1990.

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Photocopy of typed genealogy and biography of Henry Dunster, compiled by his grandson, Charles William Allen.

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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...

Allen, Charles William.

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Dunster family.

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Dunster, Henry, 1609-1659?

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Henry Dunster (1609-1659?) was the first President of Harvard College from 1640 to 1654. From the description of Papers of President Henry Dunster and the Dunster Family, 1638-1937, 1638-1874 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77071918 Henry Dunster was the first president of Harvard, serving from 1640 to 1654. Dunster, the son of Henry Dunster and Isabel Kaye Dunster, was baptized on November 26, 1609 in Bury, Lancashire, England. He ...