Letter from Henry Flynt to John White, 1719/20 February 10.

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Letter from Henry Flynt to John White, 1719/20 February 10.

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One folio-sized leaf containing a one-page handwritten letter from Tutor Henry Flynt to Harvard College Treasurer John White requesting he send extracts of certain wills containing bequests to Harvard and related legacy and donation information. Flynt wrote the letter as part of a Committee to "prepare a List of the severall Donations that have bin made to the College, and of the Uses for which they bin given" (College Book IV, page 65).

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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...

White, John, 1669-1721,

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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...

Flynt, Henry, 1675-1760

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Flynt was tutor and served as Fellow and Secretary of the Board of Overseers at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Henry Flynt, 1707-1760 (inclusive), 1707-1747 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 17267210 Henry Flynt (1675-1760; Harvard AB 1693) served as a Harvard College Tutor from 1699 to 1754, as a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation from 1700 to 1760, as Secretary to the Board of Overseers from 1712 to 1758, and as acting President from...