Papers of William Bentley, 1783-1815 (inclusive).

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Papers of William Bentley, 1783-1815 (inclusive).

Consists of letters from James Winthrop, W.D. Peck and Levi Hedge.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8181851

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...

Peck, William Dandridge, 1763-1822

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Peck graduated from Harvard in 1782 and taught natural history at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Dandridge Peck, 1777-1827 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972837 ...

Hedge, Levi, 1766-1844

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Levi Hedge was born in Warwick, Massachusetts on April 19, 1766. He attended Harvard College, receiving an A.B. in 1792 and an A.M. in 1795. He also received an Honorary A.M. from Brown University in 1808 and an LL.D. from Yale in 1823. He was married to Mary Kneeland. Hedge taught at Harvard College for thirty-seven years, as tutor from 1795 to 1810, as College Professor of Logic and Metaphysics from 1810 to 1827, and as Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy and Ci...

Winthrop, James, 1752-1821

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Christian Mentzel was a German physician, naturalist, and philologist. From the guide to the Chinese lexicon, 1806, 1806, (American Philosophical Society) Judge, librarian. James Winthrop was a jurist and a librarian of Harvard University. From the description of Letter, 1876-1884. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50693791 James Winthrop (1752-1821), son of Harvard Professor John Winthrop, served as Bu...

Bentley, William, 1759-1819

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Epithet: Printer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x0000bd Bentley (Harvard, Class of 1777) was tutor at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Bentley, 1783-1815 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972755 Massachusetts resident (Essex County) and Unitarian clergyman. From the description of Letter, ca. 1804. (Duke University Library). Worl...