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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...

Harvard College (1636-1780)

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Samuel Mather (1677-1746) was a member of a prominent Connecticut family. He was born in Branford, Connecticut in 1677; his parents were the Reverend Samuel and Hannah (Treat) Mather. When Samuel was four, his family moved to Windsor, Connecticut. He attended Harvard College, receiving an A.B. in 1698 and an A.M. in 1701. He began studying medicine in 1698 and by 1702 he was admitted "to be a Practitioner of Physick and Chyrurgy." He was quickly successful, and in 1710 was appointed a surgeon to...

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Dunbar, Asa, 1745-1787

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Asa Dunbar (1745-1787) was a teacher, minister and lawyer. A 1767 graduate of Harvard College, he was ordained in 1772 and settled in Salem where he was minister of the First Church of Salem until 1779. He chose to resign his post due to poor health and moved to Keene, N.H. where he practiced law. From the description of Diary, 1771-1778. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207131530 ...

Boltwood, Fanny Haskins

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