Forensic dispute between Theodore Parsons & Eliphalet Pearson : manuscript, 1773.
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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...
Pearson, Eliphalet, 1752-1826
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Principal of Phillips Academy, Andover, professor at Harvard College and Andover Theological Seminary. From the description of Papers, 1765-1815. (Andover Newton Theological School). WorldCat record id: 11853236 On March 1, 1805, a group of prominent Massachusetts citizens presented a plan for an endowment of a Professorship of Botany and Entomology to the Harvard Corporation. The goal of this group was to promote commerce, agriculture, medicine and the arts through the stud...
Parsons, Theodore, 1751-1779
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Dr. Theodore Parsons was born July 31, 1751 in Byfield, Massachusetts. At Harvard, Parsons served as president of the Speaking Club. He publicly debated against the morality of slavery with Eliphalet Pearson (Harvard AB 1773) at his graduation in 1773. He trained to be a physician and disappeared at sea while serving as a ship's surgeon in 1779. From the description of Diary of Theodore Parsons : son of Revd Moses Parsons of Newbury Falls, 1772. (Harvard University). WorldCat record ...
