Letter from Henry Barnes to the faculty of Harvard University, ca. 1835.
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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...
Barnes, H. Edwin (Henry Edwin)
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The identity of Harvard student Henry Barnes is unclear, though he presumably is the student referenced in the September 29, 1833 Faculty Minutes: "Voted that Henry Barnes having passed a satisfactory examination with the respective instructors be admitted into the Freshman class." From the description of Letter from Henry Barnes to the faculty of Harvard University, ca. 1835. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 733095049 Epithet: of Tenterden British Libra...
Harvard University. Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Established by Jacob Wendell scholars for income for annual scholars dinner. From the description of Barrett Wendell Fund records, ca. 1924-1983 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76974402 In the early years of the eighteenth century, the faculty (referred to as the "immediate government") began to emerge as a body having duties distinctive from those of the Corporation. While apparently not formally constituted, the immediate government (the President an...
