Gravitatio est in Ratione Quantitatum Materia : 1750
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One-page sheet with a handwritten Latin thesis defended by graduate Oliver Prescott in the 1750 Harvard College Commencement ceremony. The document is signed: "H. College July 3, 1750 Oliver Prescott. Verso: "Theses read when I took my degree 1750." Sibley's Harvard Graduates, Volume XII incorrectly attributes the thesis to Nathaniel Peaslee Sargeant (Harvard AB 1750). Oliver Prescott (1731-1804), a Middlesex County judge, was born on April 7, 1731 in Groton, Mass. He received an AB from Harvard in 1750 and an AM in 1753. Prescott practiced medicine in Groton and served as Town Clerk and Selectman. In 1779, Prescott was appointed a Judge of Probate for Middlesex County and held the position until his death on November 17, 1804. |
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Commencement thesis .01 cubic feet (1 folder) |
| Identificador |
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:16732618 http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/51416482?width=150&height=150&usethumb=y http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:16732618 http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/prod/cna/9263634 |
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lat |
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Harvard University Archives |
| Palavras-Chave | #Education, Higher--Massachusetts #United States--Intellectual life--18th century #Debates and Debating--Students #Harvard College (1636-1780).--Class of 1750. #Academic disputations #Oratory--Students--18th century--Sources #Harvard University--Dissertations #Harvard University--Commencements |
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Harvard students' notes. Orations-Massachusetts-18th century. |
