Letter from Charles Whittier to the faculty of Harvard University, [1860].

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Letter from Charles Whittier to the faculty of Harvard University, [1860].

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Two leaves containing a two-page handwritten letter from student Charles Albert Whittier (Harvard AB 1860) petitioning the Harvard Faculty to reconsider his suspension and readmit him to the College. Whittier requests leniency on the grounds that his father would refuse to allow his son to return to the school following a suspension. Whittier was suspended on July 15, 1859 for continual absences.

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Harvard University

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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...

Whittier, Charles Albert, 1840-1908.

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Officer, 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. From the description of Letter, 1863 April 7, Virginia, to Adelina Whittier. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 172695856 Brigadier-General Charles Albert Whittier (1840-1908), a capitalist and lawyer, was born on August 6, 1840 in Bangor, Maine. He received an AB from Harvard in 1860 and studied law before enlisting with the 20th Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War. After the war he was appointed Inspector-Genera...