General information about gifts to Harvard from Abbott Lawrence.
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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...
Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855
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Biographical note: Boston merchant; Abbott Lawrence was in partnership with his brother Amos, founded and developed the textile-manufacturing city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, represented his district in Congress (1834-1836, 1838-1840), and was U.S. minister to Great Britain (1849-1852). Richard Henry Wilde (1878-1847) was an American lawyer, scholar and poet. He was Attorney General of Georgia (1811) and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1815-1817, 1825, 1827-1835). From...
Lawrence Scientific School
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The Lawrence Scientific School was established in 1847. In 1890, it became a unit of the newly-established Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In 1906, the Lawrence Scientific School was replaced by the Graduate School of Applied Science. From the description of Records of the Lawrence Scientific School, 1846-1907 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972676 Founded in 1886, the Lawrence Scientific School Association aimed to advance the cause of education in sc...
