Collected papers, 1627-1850.

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Collected papers, 1627-1850.

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Papers of Jonathan Sibley and of misc. Harvard College graduates, collected by John L. Sibley for his biographical sketches of Harvard College graduates. Papers of Dr. Jonathan Sibley of Union, Me. include medical certificates, two vols. of practical observations (1831-32), one medical, and a summary of 33 years of midwifery practice written in 1831. Other papers of Harvard graduates are letters written to David Sewall, Harvard Class of 1755 and a district judge in York, Me., from various correspondents including Theodore Sedgwick and Oliver Wolcott; letters from Bezaleel Taft (Harvard 1804) and Samuel Lowder (Harvard 1805) to William J. Whipple of Uxbridge, Mass. and the Class of 1805 written from 1804-10; and notebooks on the study of Arabic, Greek, and Hebrew kept by Stephen Sewall, Class of 1761 and the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages at Harvard.

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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...

Whipple, William J. (William Jennison), 1787-1850

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Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813

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Theodore Sedgwick (May 9, 1746 – January 24, 1813) was an American attorney, politician and jurist, who served in elected state government and as a Delegate to the Continental Congress, a U.S. Representative, and a United States Senator from Massachusetts. He served as the fourth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1802 and served there the rest of his life. Born in West Hartford in the Connecticut Colony, Sedg...

Sibley, John Langdon, 1804-1885

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John Langdon Sibley (1804-1885) served as Harvard's Assistant Librarian from 1825 to 1826 and 1841 to 1856, Librarian from 1856 to 1877, and Librarian, Emeritus from 1877 to 1885. He was the editor of the Harvard Triennial Catalogue from 1839 to 1875 and of the Harvard Quinquennial Catalogue from 1875-1885. A noted biographer, Sibley is best known for his "Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University", an extensive collection of biographical material on Harvard graduates. Sibley was ...

Sewall, Stephen, 1734-1804

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Stephen Sewall (1734-1804) earned his Harvard AB in 1761 and taught oriental languages and Hebrew at Harvard from 1761 to 1785. He held the following positions: Instructor in Hebrew (1761-1764), Librarian (1762-1763), and Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages (1764-1785). From the description of Papers of Stephen Sewall, 1765-1785. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972880 Stephen Sewall (1733/4-1804), the first Hancock Professor of H...

Lowder, Samuel, 1786-1832.

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Sibley, Jonathan, Dr.

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Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833

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Governor of Connecticut, 1817-1827; Secretary of Treasury, 1795-1800. From the description of Letter, 1827 August 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122582959 Wolcott was a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He served as governor of Connecticut (1796-1797). From the description of [Letters] 1799-1811 / Oliv: Wolcott. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 491419916 American lawyer and politician. F...

Sewall, David, 1735-1825

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Lawyer and judge, of York, Me. From the description of David Sewall charge to the grand jury, ca. 1789. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 228071185 From the description of Court docket book, 1800-1803. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70974578 Sewall graduated from Harvard University (1755); he was a judge for the U.S. District Court, Maine (1789-1818). From the description of Letter, 17 January 1795. (Harvard...

Taft, Bezaleel, Jr., 1780-1846

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Bezaleel Taft (1780-1846) was a farmer and businessman in Uxbridge, Mass. From the description of Account book, 1845-1846. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259795 ...