Photostat copy of the notebook of Gurdon Saltonstall ca. 1684.

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Photostat copy of the notebook of Gurdon Saltonstall ca. 1684.

Photostat copies of a manuscript notebook containing "Physicae Compendium Brevissimum Incerte Authoris" and "Compendium Phisicae D: Jonathanis Michelli." The original volume includes notes made in Latin by Yale President Ezra Stiles in 1780 stating that the volume belonged to Gurdon Saltonstall (Harvard AB 1684). At the time the photostat copies were made the volume was owned by Lewis S. Gannett (Harvard AB 1913).

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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...

Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966

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Gannett was a journalist and author. For many years he wrote the daily book review column for the New York Herald Tribune. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1936-1965. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83299885 Journalist Lewis Gannett traveled to China in 1926 with Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Mikhail Borodin. From the description of Lewis Gannett papers, [c. 1920-1926]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 6353...

Mitchel, Jonathan, 1624-1668, Compendium phisicae.

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Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795

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Congregational clergyman and librarian, of Newport, R.I.; and president of Yale University, New Haven, Conn. From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, 1682-1795. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 368232945 Ezra Stiles, president of Yale College from 1778 to 1795. From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, [ca. 1727-1795]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81484808 From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, [ca. 1727-1795...

Saltonstall, Gurdon, 1666-1724

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Saltonstall (A.B. 1684) served as governor of Connecticut (1708-1724). From the description of A memorial offered to the General Assembly of his Majesties Colony of Connecticut holden in Hartford May 7th-10th, 1716 / by Gurdon Saltonstall [Esq.] : one of the trustees in Trust of the Mohegan Fields, in the Township of New London, for the use of Cesar, Sachem of Mohegan & his Indians; upon the occasion of wsch Cesar complaint to wsh Assembly, of wrong done him & his Indians in ...