Letter : to Edward Holyoke, 1744 July 10.

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Letter : to Edward Holyoke, 1744 July 10.

Concerns Colman's gift to Harvard of a copy of Thomas Coram's petition to the Princess of Wales concerning the establishment of the London Foundling Hospital (now Houghton Library MS Eng 549).

1 item ; 27 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7798380

Houghton Library

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Holyoke, Edward, 1689-1769

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Edward Holyoke (1689-1769) was pastor of the Second Church of Marblehead, Massachusetts, from 1716 to 1737 and the ninth president of Harvard College, serving for thirty-two years from 1737 to 1769. From the description of Infant linen shirt worn by Harvard President Edward Holyoke, ca. 1693. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 670307379 Edward Holyoke (1689-1769) was President of Harvard College from 1737 to 1769. From the description of Letter from Edward...

Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747

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Colman received his A.B. degree from Harvard in 1692. From the description of Sermons : manuscript, 1709. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612882178 Benjamin Colman (1673-1747) was born in Boston on October 19, 1673. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1692 and an A.M. in 1695. Soon after graduation he departed on a ship for London. The ship was taken over by a French privateer, who held the passengers captive before exchanging them once on land...

Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751

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Captain Thomas Coram, English mariner and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Foundling Hospital of London. From the description of Thomas Coram manuscript material : 2 items, d1748-1750 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 124206279 From the guide to the Thomas Coram manuscript material : 2 items, d1748-1750, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: Captain; Founder of the Foundling Hospital ...