Letters from Willard Phillips to Octavius Pickering, 1810-1812.
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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...
Phillips, Willard, 1784-1873
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Phillips graduated from Harvard in 1810, was assistant editor of the North American Review, a member of the Massachusetts Legislature (1825-1827), a probate judge for Suffolk County (1839-1847), president of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company (1843-1873). From the description of Letter to Charles Sumner, 16 May 1839. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339781 Willard Phillips received his A.B. from Harvard in 1810. From the description...
Pickering, Octavius, 1791-1868
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American lawyer and writer; author of "Life of Timothy Pickering by his son." From the description of Octavius Pickering letter to James F. Baldwin [manuscript], 1852 February. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 781300395 ...
Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 2006
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The early 19th century was a time of student unrest at Harvard. Perhaps in reaction to the disturbances and protest of previous classes, Faculty Records vol. IX tell that President Kirkland announced early on in the Class of 1822's college years that no students were to have any meeting for the purpose of eating or drinking in college. Although the Class of 1822 is a serene one as compared with its generation, many of the students of the Class of 1822 received public admonishments as a result of...
