Papers of Solomon Stoddard, ca. 1715.
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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...
Stoddard, Solomon, 1643-1729
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Stoddard graduated from Harvard in 1662 and served as Fellow, tutor and librarian at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Solomon Stoddard, ca. 1715. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972889 Solomon Stoddard (1643-1728/29) was born in Boston and graduated from Harvard College in 1662. He was the first librarian of Harvard and, after preaching in Barbados for two years, became minister at Northampton, Mass., where he remained until his death. ...
