Francis Parkman [photograph], [ca. 1843].

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Francis Parkman [photograph], [ca. 1843].

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Hand-colored sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case of the historian Francis Parkman (1823-1893), while he was a student at Harvard University. The photograph was taken ca. 1843 by an unknown photographer.

1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w, hand-colored ; visible image 7 x 5 1/2 cm. (sixth-plate), in case 9 x 8 cm.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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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...

Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893

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Noted American historian from Massachusetts who traveled the Oregon Trail and published extensively on early America. From the description of Letter, November 27, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 233593490 Francis Parkman, historian, was born in Boston and educated at Harvard, his father's alma mater. Samuel Parkman was a Unitarian pastor who founded The Parkman Professorship of Pulpit Eloquence and Pastoral Care in The Cambridge Theological ...