Samuel Francis Batchelder papers, ca. 1775-1927.

Harrison, Peter, 1716-1775

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Peter Harrison (June 14, 1716 – April 30, 1775) was a colonial American architect in New England who is credited with bringing the Palladian architectural movement to the colonies....

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...

Cantabrigia Club (Cambridge, Mass.)

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The Cantabrigia Club was founded in 1892 at the instigation of Estelle M. H. Merrill, a resident of Cambridge, Mass., and a reporter for the Boston Globe. Its purpose was to be of service to others, and it raised money for the benefit of local organizations and provided educational and social opportunities for its members in the form of lectures, concerts, and plays, etc. From the description of Supplement, 1926. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009036 ...

Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792

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Burgoyne was a Lieutenant General of British forces during the American Revolution, who surrendered at Saratoga in Oct. 1777. From the description of John Burgoyne letter : to M.G. Gates, 1777 Dec. 12. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936829 British general. From the description of ALS : near Bemis Heights, N.Y., to Horatio Gates, 1777 Sept. 27. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122591552 General and Dramatist. ...

Harrison family.

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Batchelder family.

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Langdell, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1826-1906

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Attorney, legal scholar. Dane Prof. of Law, 1870-1900, Harv. L.S.; Dean, 1870-1895; Dane Prof. Emeritus, 1900-1906. From the description of Research notes and correspondence, 1870-1900 (inclusive). (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 713338600 Langdell graduated from Harvard College with an AB in 1851, he earned a Harvard Law School LL.B. in 1853. He taught law and was Dean of the Harvard Law School. From the description of General information about...

Batchelor family.

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Mayhew, Jonathan, 1720-1766

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Jonathan Mayhew (1720-1766), the pastor of the Old West Church in Boston. From the description of Collection of sermons by Jonathan Mayhew, 1749-1764. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 681653878 ...

Merriam, Joseph, 18th cent.

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Tyler family.

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Washburn, Emory, 1800-1877

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Governor of Massachusetts, writer and law teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Worcester, Mass., to Junius S. Morgan, 1841 Nov. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659722 Washburn was a judge on the Massachusetts Court of Common Pleas (1844-1847), Governor of Massachusetts (1854-1855), and professor at Harvard Law School (1856-1876). From the description of Letters, 1850, 1866. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234779790 ...

Harvard Law School

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Law clubs were established to provide students an opportunity to practice preparing and arguing law cases as realistically as possible. Law clubs began to be founded at Harvard in the 19th century; one of the earliest was the Marshall Club, founded in 1825. In 1910, the Board of Student Advisers was formed, and the more formal Ames Competition in Appellate Brief Writing and Advocacy was established. From the description of General information by and about Harvard Law School clubs, 18...

United States. Continental Army

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In response to the expansion of the Continental Army the number of staff was increased and reorganized in 1776. Changes included the creation of a new unit to supplement George Washington's personal staff. This special unit, the Commander in Chief's Guard, was formed on March 12, 1776 with Captain Caleb Gibbs (formerly adjutant of the 14th Continental Regiment and appointed Aid to Major General Greene) as commander. The unit protected Washington, the army's cash, and official papers. ...

Christ Church Cambridge

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Episcopal church founded 1759 in Cambridge, Mass., opening doors for services in 1761; original building designed by Peter Harrison; rarely used during American Revolution; ransacked after a funeral of a British prisoner of war in 1778 and not reopened until 1790; struggled financially until the ministry of Nicholas Hoppin (1839-1874) when regained sound financial footing; remains an active Episcopal church; building is registered National Historic Landmark. From the description of R...

Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

May, Samuel, Esquire

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Aplin, John, -1772

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King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.)

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Church of England

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According to the Canons of 1604, XLIX-LII, of the Church of England, only those persons whose faith and learning are known to their bishop are licensed to preach. Such is the case because the Anglican bishop has pastoral charge of his entire diocese, and the ministers of that diocese, and the ministers of that diocese are considered to be his assistants. From the description of Church of England licensing document, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122406060 The major mis...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Batchelder, Samuel Francis, 1870-1927

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Samuel Francis Batchelder was born in Cambridge, Mass., on 10 Mar. 1870, son of Samuel Batchelder and Marianne Giles Washburn. From about 1870 to 1878, the family resided in the Vassall House, on the corner of Brattle St. and Ash. His education was supervised by Mrs. Arthur Fuller, and later the Misses Howe on North Ave. At the age of nine, he moved with his family to Andover, Mass., and attended public school. Eighteen months later, the family returned to Cambridge, where Batchelder began his e...

Dartmouth College

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The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case was held on April 9, 1969, in the Court of Claims, Washington, D.C.; the celebration also commemorated the career of Daniel Webster, the advocate who defended the case before the Supreme Court. During the ceremony Justice Earl Warren, Senator Thomas J. MacIntyre, and Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey spoke before an audience of legislators, jurists, historians, and alumni....

Tyler, Royall, 1757-1826

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Tyler was a playwright and jurist whose career included terms on the Supreme Court of Vermont (1801-1813). From the description of Deed to Joseph Woodward, 29 November 1786. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235157483 American novelist, dramatist and jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Windsor [Vermont], to Samuel Williams in Rutland, 1799 Feb. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573729 American jurist, novelist, a...