Diary and account book, 1693-1737.

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Diary and account book, 1693-1737.

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Diary/account book kept by Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth of Boston from 1693-1737. The small vol. contains his personal accounts and notations of money received, in particular for the boarding of Harvard College students and others. The vol. also contains Wadsworth's diary of his journey from Boston to Albany as chaplain with the commissioners from Mass. sent to negotiate a treaty with the Five Nations, 6-31 Aug. 1694. (Cont'd) Also included are a 1902 translation of the portion of the diary in shorthand by William P. Upham and an 1851 transcription of the Aug. 1694 diary by Lucius R. Paige.

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Harvard College (1780- )

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Special students were those who took courses in Harvard College but were not degree candidates; they had not gone through the standard admissions process completed by AB degree candidates. From the description of Records of special students, 1876-1907. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064523 It is unclear whether F.C. Fabel ever attended Harvard College. F.C. Fabel may be Frederick Charles Fabel, who received an AB from the University of Rochester in 1893. ...

Upham, William P. (William Phineas), 1836-1905

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Paige, Lucius R. (Lucius Robinson), 1802-1896

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Five Nations

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Wadsworth, Benjamin, 1670-1737

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Wadsworth was president of Harvard College, 1725-1737. From the description of Sermon : manuscript, 1707. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612801745 Congregational clergyman at Boston's First Church and president of Harvard. From the description of Benjamin Wadsworth sermons, 1722-1723. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 174051470 Wadsworth (A.B. 1690, M.A. 1693) was the pastor of the First Church of Boston. He was president...