Papers of John Leverett 1652-1724, 1730.

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Papers of John Leverett 1652-1724, 1730.

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The Papers of John Leverett document his activities as a Harvard College tutor, as president of Harvard College, as a jurist, and as a lawyer. Moreover, these papers contain several of his public orations and scriptural discourses presenting his intellectual and religious beliefs. These papers contain diaries, lectures, sermon notes, letters, commissions, deeds, sketches, and invoices.

1.6 cubic feet (3 document boxes, 1 pamphlet binder, 1 portfolio folder, 2 flat boxes, 3 microfilm reels, 3 volumes).

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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