Notices of Governor [Sir Francis] Bernard : manuscript, [ca. 1790]

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Notices of Governor [Sir Francis] Bernard : manuscript, [ca. 1790]

Sketch of Bernard's character and career, mentioning his attachment to Harvard.

4 p. ; 21 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7802967

Houghton Library

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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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Bernard, Francis, Sir, 1712?-1779

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