Papers, 1770-1881.

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Papers, 1770-1881.

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Papers of the Mellen and related families, in particular those of Rev. John Mellen, Jr., a Congregational minister of Barnstable, Mass. The bulk of the collection is family and personal correspondence between Mellen and his wife, children, siblings, and parents, in particular his father John Mellen, Sr. and his brother-in-law Caleb Gannett. Other John Mellen papers include sermons, papers related to his tenure as manager of the Harvard lotteries in 1806 and 1811, and letters written to Artemas Ward during the American Revolution. Papers of Mellen's son-in-law Levi Frisbie include household accounts and student essays written for him while a member of the Harvard faculty (1817-22). Other families whose correspondence appears include the Ward, Henshaw (including genealogical materials), Carruth (including correspondence and bills from trips to Europe in 1854 and the 1860s), and Savage families. Bound vols. include Katharine Mellen's (later Frisbie) commonplace-book (1802); genealogical material on the Mellen family; an account book kept by Thomas Brattle in Cambridge (1785-89); and a journal/commonplace-book kept by R.B. Hinckley (1806-07).

6 boxes and 1 oversize box.

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...

Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800

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Artemas Ward (November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800) was an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts. He was considered an effective political leader, President John Adams describing him as "universally esteemed, beloved and confided in by his army and his country." Born in Shrewsbury in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, he attended the common schools before graduating from Harvard College, teaching there briefly after graduation. In 1751, ...

Carruth family.

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Hinckley, R. B.

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Mellen, John, 1722-1807

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Savage family.

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Henshaw family.

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Mellen family.

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Mellen, John, 1752-1828

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Brattle, Thomas, 1742-1801

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Frisbie, Katharine Saltonstall Mellen, b. 1788.

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Ward family.

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Gannett, Caleb, 1745-1818.

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Secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. From the description of Letter, 1781, Apr. 20 : Bridgewater, Mass., to Cotton Tufts, Esq. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35527743 Caleb Gannett (1745-1818, Harvard AB 1763) was Steward of Harvard College. Gannett was admitted to Harvard at the age of fourteen and received a Saltonstall Scholarship. Gannet preached in a variety of locations until he was appointed a Tutor of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics at H...

Frisbie, Levi, 1783-1822

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Frisbie graduated from Harvard in 1802 and taught Latin and religion at Harvard. He was the Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity from 1817-1822. From the description of Papers of Levi Frisbie, 1805-1820 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972779 Levi Frisbie received his A.B. from Harvard in 1802, and taught Latin and religion at Harvard. From the description of [Student theme] , January 1802. (Harvard Univ...