Letter of recommendation from James Walker "to the Board of Education" in reference to a scholarship for John Hoag Dillingham, March 22, 1859.
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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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Dillingham, John H. (John Hoag), 1839-1910
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Dillingham was a professor, librarian and superintendent at Haverford, 1865-78. From the description of Papers, 1889-1907. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 29397121 ...
