Harvard College admission and matriculation certificates of John Doane Wells, 1850 and 1854.

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Harvard College admission and matriculation certificates of John Doane Wells, 1850 and 1854.

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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...

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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...

Wells, John Doane.

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John Doane Wells earned his Harvard AB 1854; he died 1911. From the description of Harvard College admission and matriculation certificates of John Doane Wells, 1850 and 1854. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77066955 ...