Papers of Eliphalet Pearson, 1780-1813 (inclusive).

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Papers of Eliphalet Pearson, 1780-1813 (inclusive).

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Includes correspondence, 1803-1806; manuscripts of college addresses and writings; notes and reports about financial and legal matters, some relating to Harvard; Greek testament, 1768, annotated by Pearson; Pearson's account book, 1780-1813, relating to the estate of Mary Holyoke Pearson; and bills of sale, 1813, from silversmith E. Moulton.

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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...

Pearson, Mary Holyoke.

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Pearson, Eliphalet, 1752-1826

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Principal of Phillips Academy, Andover, professor at Harvard College and Andover Theological Seminary. From the description of Papers, 1765-1815. (Andover Newton Theological School). WorldCat record id: 11853236 On March 1, 1805, a group of prominent Massachusetts citizens presented a plan for an endowment of a Professorship of Botany and Entomology to the Harvard Corporation. The goal of this group was to promote commerce, agriculture, medicine and the arts through the stud...