Early records of the Harvard Steward, 1649-1800 (bulk), 1650-1812 (inclusive).

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Early records of the Harvard Steward, 1649-1800 (bulk), 1650-1812 (inclusive).

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The collection documents the activities of the Harvard Steward in the 17th and 18th centuries through a financial prism. The materials consist of financial records in the form of accounting books, bonds, bills, and receipts. The documents in the collection, at their most basic level, may be understood as evidence of the Steward's two key pecuniary responsibilities: collecting money from students and paying money out to keep the school's facilities functioning. The records offer information on Harvard students and help to place students and their families within the socio-economic structure of the larger community. The collection also documents changing commodity prices, payment methods, the costs, quantities, and types of supplies needed to maintain the institution, and the names of laborers and merchants who conducted business with the Steward. The collection includes records creating by Stewards Thomas Chesholme, Andrew Bordman I, Aaron Bordman, Andrew Bordman II, Andrew Bordman III, Jonathan Hastings, and Caleb Gannet.

2.67 cubic feet (16 v., 1 document box, and 19 folders)

Harvard University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7946234

Harvard University Archives.

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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...

Lull, Robert W., 1944-

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Hastings, Jonathan, 1709-1783.

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Scott, Austin, 1848-1922

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Rutgers College President Austin Scott, Ph.D., LL.D., born Frank Austin Scott on August 10, 1848, in Toledo, Ohio, was educated at Yale University (A.B., 1869) and the University of Michigan (A.M., 1870), after which he went to Germany for graduate training. He studied history at Freidrich Wilhelm University (University of Berlin) and the University of Leipzig, from which he received his Ph.D. in 1873. Scott's professors of ancient history included Theodor Mommsen and Johann Gustav ...

Gannett, Caleb, 1745-1818.

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Secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. From the description of Letter, 1781, Apr. 20 : Bridgewater, Mass., to Cotton Tufts, Esq. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35527743 Caleb Gannett (1745-1818, Harvard AB 1763) was Steward of Harvard College. Gannett was admitted to Harvard at the age of fourteen and received a Saltonstall Scholarship. Gannet preached in a variety of locations until he was appointed a Tutor of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics at H...

Bordman, Andrew, 1701-1760.

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Marrett, Caroline L.,

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Colburn, Jeremiah, 1815-1891

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Low, Josiah D.,

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Paige, Lucius R. (Lucius Robinson), 1802-1896

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Adams, Thomas, 1764-1797

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Chesholme, Thomas, d. 1671.

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Thayer, John E.,

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Bordman, Andrew, d. 1747.

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