Letters, 1848-1892.

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Letters, 1848-1892.

Personal correspondence of various members of the Tenney family, from Methuen, Essex County, Mass. Includes three letters from Edward J. Tenney while a student at Harvard; a letter (1886) from Mary Tenney Howe, which refers to her husband Sidney who had been appointed minister to Persia with a salary of ten thousand dollars; and a letter (1892) from Samuel Storrow, describing living and working conditions in North Yakima, Washington.

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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...

Storrow, Samuel Appleton, 1787-1837

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Judge advocate, U. S. Army. Born 1787. From the description of Samuel Appleton Storrow correspondence, 1821 September 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980541 ...

Tenney, Edward Andrews, 1899-

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Tenney family.

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Residents of Methuen, Mass. From the description of Letters, 1848-1892. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 33203492 ...

Howe, Mary Tenney.

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Howe, Joseph Sidney.

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