Records of Harvard grants for work among the Indians, 1720-1812.

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Records of Harvard grants for work among the Indians, 1720-1812.

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Includes accounts of two donations from Robert Boyle and Daniel Williams (both of England) received through the Company for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England (New England Company). Chief recipients of the funds were: Oliver Peabody and Stephen Badger of Natick (MA), John Sergent of Stockbridge (MA), Experience Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard (MA), Gideon Hawley of Mashpee (MA), and Samuel Kirkland of New York. Funds ended with the American Revolution and unexpended surpluses were used into the early nineteenth century.

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Harvard University Archives.

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