Professorship records: records relating to the professorships of mathematics and natural philosophy and of natural history, 1767-1826 (inclusive).

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Professorship records: records relating to the professorships of mathematics and natural philosophy and of natural history, 1767-1826 (inclusive).

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Records relating to the apparatus, dated 1767-1826, of the Hollis Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Also records relating to the foundation of the Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History, including supplement.

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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...