Admission lists, 1743-1764.

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Admission lists, 1743-1764.

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This collection contains handwritten lists of Harvard freshmen entering the College in the years 1743-1753, 1758, and 1760-1764 which correspond to the Harvard Classes of 1747-1757, 1762, and 1764-1768. The admission lists provide the first documentary evidence of a student's life at Harvard and were presumably created in the early days of the fall semester. The lists are written on folio-sized loose leaves, and they all appear to be in the hand of President Edward Holyoke (who served as Harvard president from 1737 to 1769). All of the lists contain entries with the student's name, hometown, age at admission, and date of birth, except for the 1758 freshmen list which only contains student surnames. The order in which the student names appear on the list does not appear to reflect any ranking. From 1743 until 1760, the lists are titled "Catalogue of freshmen," and from 1764 to 1764, they are titled "Recentes approbati."

.22 cubic feet (1 half-legal document box)

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