Notes on scientific history and scientific instruments at Harvard 1636-1900. 1948.

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Notes on scientific history and scientific instruments at Harvard 1636-1900. 1948.

Photocopy of typed notes compiled from the records in the Harvard University Archives by Louise Patterson in 1948. Notes cover period from 1636-1900. Notes are organized by source material, and so their usefulness is limited; however, some notes are extensive and include complete transcriptions of apparatus lists, invoices, and correspondence.

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Harvard University Archives.

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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...

Patterson, Louise Diehl.

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