Papers of Stephen Sewall, 1765-1785.
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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...
Sewall, Stephen, 1734-1804
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Stephen Sewall (1734-1804) earned his Harvard AB in 1761 and taught oriental languages and Hebrew at Harvard from 1761 to 1785. He held the following positions: Instructor in Hebrew (1761-1764), Librarian (1762-1763), and Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages (1764-1785). From the description of Papers of Stephen Sewall, 1765-1785. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972880 Stephen Sewall (1733/4-1804), the first Hancock Professor of H...
