Records of the Treasurer, John Hancock, 1754-1926 (inclusive).

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Records of the Treasurer, John Hancock, 1754-1926 (inclusive).

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Includes correspondence and financial records of John Hancock from his tenure as Treasurer (1773-1777), and memoranda from his sucessor, E. Storer, and other letters pertaining to the settlement of Hancock's accounts as Treasurer and the Dummer Fund, dated 1778-1779. Also Hancock papers of a later date, including various addresses, such as mss. of Hancock's speech given at President Willard's inauguration and an address of the Corporation at Hancock's inauguration; and documents relating to Hancock, including a letter from Mrs. Charles P. Greenough to President Lowell about the Greenough bequest, and an account by E.N. Vose about Hancock's treasurership. Major correspondents include Harvard presidents Samuel Langdon and Joseph Willard, and Lt. Governor Thomas Cushing and Governor James Bowdoin.

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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...

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

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John Hancock (January 23, 1737 [O.S. January 12, 1736] – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that the term John Hancock or Hancock has become a nickname in the United S...

Willard, Joseph, 1738-1804

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University president, clergyman, and educator. From the description of Circular signed by Joseph Willard, Harvard University president, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067536 Joseph Willard was born on 29 Dec. 1738, the youngest son of the Rev. Samuel and Abigail Willard of Biddeford, Me. Upon the death of his father, his mother remarried, and he grew up in the household of the Rev. Richard Elvins of Scarborough, Me. Intent upon a medical career, and encouraged b...

Cushing, Thomas, 1694-1746

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Bowdoin, James, 1735-1790.

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Vose, E. N.

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Langdon, Samuel, 1723-1797

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Congregational clergyman and president of Harvard. From the description of Sermon on the character of a parent [manuscript], ca. 1790. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 642177271 Samuel Langdon (1723-1797) was the thirteenth President of Harvard College from October 14, 1774 to August 30, 1780. He presided over the college during the American Revolution. From the description of Papers of Samuel Langdon 1745-1790, 1902. (Harvard University). WorldCat record ...

Greenough, Charles P. (Charles Pelham), 1844-1924

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Boston lawyer. From the description of Correspondence with Belle Greene, 1909 Dec. 20, 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270735742 From the description of Als, 1909 Jan. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270735735 From the description of Correspondence, 1911-1912 Oct.-Jan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270735744 Greenough was a prominent Boston (Mass.) lawyer. From the description of Letters to Charles P. Greenough, ca. 1875-1894. (Harvard La...