Papers of William Dandridge Peck, 1777-1827 (inclusive).

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Papers of William Dandridge Peck, 1777-1827 (inclusive).

Includes personal and professional correspondence; manuscripts of writings and lectures given between 1805 and 1822. Also notes and correspondence gathered by Thomas Barbour for uncompleted biography of Peck. Related publications and reference material also available in repository.

4 boxes of mss.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8181931

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...

Barbour, Thomas, 1884-1946

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Barbour (1884-1946) graduated from Harvard in 1906 and taught zoology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Thomas Barbour, 1905-1935 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972958 ...

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 ...