Letter to Charles Prescott detailing disorderly behavior of his classmates, 1818 November 11.

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Letter to Charles Prescott detailing disorderly behavior of his classmates, 1818 November 11.

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Letter gives detailed account of the disorderly behavior of members of Charles Prescott's class. Written to Prescott at Newburyport from a family member, possibly a sister, in Cambridge or Boston. Author refers to "the rebellion in your Class at College" and mentions the run-ins of "Brazer" and "Dr. Popkin" with unruly students. Also includes paragraphs about Prescott's bill and his leaving college, with an exhortation to "write me if you have a prospect of going to Sea, better repent & come back to Cambridge."

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Charles Prescott (aged 16 in 1817) entered Harvard with the class of 1821 but left at "Commencement" in his sophomore year. John Brazer (1789-1846) earned his Harvard AB 1813 and served Harvard as Tutor (1815-1817), Professor (1817-1820) and Overseer (1829-1846). John Snelling Popkin (1771-1852) earned his Harvard AB 1792 and served Harvard as a Tutor (1795-1798) and Professor (1815-1833). From the description of Letter to Charles Prescott detaili...