Harvard diploma of William Clark, 1759 July 18.
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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...
Clark, William, 1740-1815
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Episcopal clergyman, of Dedham, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1775-1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70970219 Rev. William Clark, the youngest son of Reverend Peter and Deborah (Hobart) Clark, was born 22 July 1740 Danvers, MA. He graduated from Harvard in 1759 and preached at Reading and throughout eastern MA but obtained no call because he was deaf. Clark went to Fort Cumberland, N.S. 1765-1766 then returned to MA and settled at Braintree (now Quincy) (Christ Ch...
