Annotated copies of printed almanacs and registers, 1790-1839 (inclusive).

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Annotated copies of printed almanacs and registers, 1790-1839 (inclusive).

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Consists of Fleets' Register and Pocket Almanacs, dated 1790, 1793, 1796 and 1799, and Massachusetts Register, 1802-1839. Registers for 1796 and 1799 belonged to Eliphalet Pearson, and 1802, 1805, and 1808 are in Pearson's hand. Register for 1815 contains notes of Robert B. Williams. Registers for 1832-1836 contain notes of Thaddeus William Harris (?). A second 1836 Register includes President J. Quincy's notes. Register for 1839 apparently belonged to Quincy but contains no notes. Also includes Register for 1819 and 1831.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University. Corporation.

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Harvard College's primary governing board, the Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College (known as the Harvard Corporation), was established by the Massachusetts General Court in 1650. The charter conferred on the Corporation the duties of managing the College, including appointing and removing administrators, faculty, and staff, creating orders and by-laws for the College, and managing finances, properties, and donations. The first recorded meeting of the Corporation was held on December 10, 16...

Harris, Thaddeus William, 1795-1856

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Harris (Harvard, A.B. 1815; M.D. 1820) served as Librarian of Harvard, 1831-1856 and also lectured on natural history at Harvard, 1837-1842. He published about 100 articles on insects and insect-related diseases, compiled indexes to major works on entomology, and also wrote on squashes and pumpkins for the New England farmer. From the description of Papes of Thaddeus William Harris, 1818?-1852 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 40961354 ...

Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864

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Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts; United States and Massaschusetts legislator; and, President of Harvard University. From the description of Josiah Quincy letter, portrait and autograph, 1839-1889. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 63118297 President of Harvard. From the description of Autograph note signed : [Cambridge, Mass.], addressed to the Rev. John Pierpont, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616000 From the description of Autograph note ...

Williams, Robert B. (Robert Bernard), 1943-

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Pearson, Eliphalet, 1752-1826

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Principal of Phillips Academy, Andover, professor at Harvard College and Andover Theological Seminary. From the description of Papers, 1765-1815. (Andover Newton Theological School). WorldCat record id: 11853236 On March 1, 1805, a group of prominent Massachusetts citizens presented a plan for an endowment of a Professorship of Botany and Entomology to the Harvard Corporation. The goal of this group was to promote commerce, agriculture, medicine and the arts through the stud...