Class Album. Class of 1864.
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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...
Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1864
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After a few years of Harvard undergraduate life that included an inflexible curriculum and leisure pursuits such as the new game of base-ball and social clubs, this class faced the Civil War. One class member was Robert Todd Lincoln, son of United States President Abraham Lincoln. From the description of Class book, 1863-1924. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228509902 This volume is part of a series of Harvard class albums, which may be considered the nineteenth-ce...
