Papers of James Bradley Thayer, 1856-1898 (inclusive).

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Papers of James Bradley Thayer, 1856-1898 (inclusive).

Contains six letters, 1887-1898, mostly to E.M. Bacon; and minutes, 1856-1866, of a club. Related publications and reference material also available in repository.

2 containers of mss.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8181984

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...

Bacon, Edwin M. (Edwin Munroe), 1844-1916

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American journalist and author. From the guide to the Edwin M. Bacon correspondence, 1872-1914, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Thayer, James Bradley, 1831-1902

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Attorney, teacher, legal scholar. LL.B. Harvard Law School, 1856; LL.D., 1894; Royall Prof. 1874-1883; Weld Prof. 1883-1902. Law practice in Boston, 1856-1874. Chairman, Committe on Indian Legislation, 1887-1892. Consultant on Dakota Constitution of 1889. Author of Preliminary Treatise on the Law of Evidence at Common Law (1898), John Marshall (1901), A Western Journey with Emerson (1884). From the description of Papers of James Bradley Thayer, 1787-1902 (inclusive), 1850-1902 (bulk)...