Commonplace-book, 1704-1722.

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Commonplace-book, 1704-1722.

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Commonplace-book kept by Recompense Wadsworth from 1704-10 including college notes, kept as a member of the Harvard College Class of 1708, extracts of Harvard texts on moral philosophy and metaphysics (in Latin), poetry, Biblical notes, and astronomical observations. The volume also contains diary entries kept by Thomas Robie, Wadsworth's classmate, from 30 Nov. 1721 - 31 Oct. 1722, of inoculations given by him for smallpox during the Boston smallpox controversy. The entries note inoculations in Cambridge and follow-up visits to patients, including those on Spectacle Island (Boston) who were quarantined by town officials following their inoculations. Also, a few other misc. notes, probably by Robie.

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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...

Wadsworth, Recompense, 1690-1713.

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Robie, Thomas, 1689-1729

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Thomas Robie (1688/89-1729) of Boston, Mass., was a 1708 Harvard graduate. A man of varied talents, Robie pursued several callings, including almanac-maker, Harvard library-keeper, preacher, mathematics and astronomy tutor, and physician. From the description of Diary, 1710. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207167061 ...