Notebook of Samuel Henry Newell, 1830-1833.

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...

Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894

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Curtis was a graduate of Harvard Law School (1834) and brother of Benjamin Robbins Curtis. From the description of Letter regarding Dred Scott case, 19 December 1856. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236049551 George Ticknor Curtis was an American lawyer and historian. Born in Watertown, Massachusetts, he was educated at Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1836. He practiced law and served a term in the Massachusetts House,...

Stark, John, 1811-1849.

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John Stark was born Samuel Henry Newell on October 10, 1811, to Samuel Newell and Elizabeth Stark. He received his Harvard AB in 1832, and attended Harvard Law School from 1832-1834. In 1836, he married Caroline Julia Morris (1814-1888); they had three children. He was adopted by his grandfather, Major Caleb Stark, and changed his name to John Stark on April 8, 1835, at the request of his aunt Harriet Stark. He died in Washington, D.C. on May 14, 1849. From the description of Noteboo...

Robinson, William O'Hara, 1813-1855.

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Walker, Joseph Brewster, 1809-1846.

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Parkman, John, -1883.

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Owl Club (Harvard University)

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Mason, Charles, 1812-1862.

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Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 2006

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The early 19th century was a time of student unrest at Harvard. Perhaps in reaction to the disturbances and protest of previous classes, Faculty Records vol. IX tell that President Kirkland announced early on in the Class of 1822's college years that no students were to have any meeting for the purpose of eating or drinking in college. Although the Class of 1822 is a serene one as compared with its generation, many of the students of the Class of 1822 received public admonishments as a result of...

Page, Charles Grafton, 1812-1868

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Charles Timothy Brooks, 1813-1883.

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Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893

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John Sullivan Dwight was a Transcendentalist writer and critic on literature, social concerns, and, especially, music. A sometime resident of Brook Farm, he also taught music and Latin, and translated French and German literature into English. He is perhaps most respected for founding and editing the influential and long-lived music periodical, Dwight's Journal of Music. From the description of John S. Dwight letter to Thomas Carlyle, 1838 Oct. 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libra...

Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

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Wendell Phillips (born November 29, 1811, Boston, Massachusetts – died February 2, 1884, Boston, Massachusetts), orator and reformer, was one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement in Boston, Massachusetts, wrote frequently for William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator, and eventually became president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He contributed much to the cause through inflammatory speeches favoring the division of the Union and opposing the acquisition of Texas and the war with Mexico. ...

Bennett, Joseph W.

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Appleton, William Channing, 1812-1892.

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