29 resultados para Founding president
em Harvard University
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This folder contains six documents: three drafts of a brief March 10, 1817, note to Harvard President John Kirkland, with two of the drafts followed by an October 25, 1819, note to the Harvard College Corporation concerning Croswell's work on Harvard's Library Catalogue.
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This letter from Gannett, written shortly after he assumed the duties of the Steward, contains questions to the President and Fellows regarding his duties as Steward. He also discusses the impact of the post-Revolutionary War economic situation, describing the rapid rise of prices of goods.
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Two folio-sized leaves and two octavo-sized leaves containing a handwritten draft of a Harvard Charter in President Leverett's hand. Following a salutation to King George, the text begins, "Whereas there hath been for more than seventy years past in the Town of Cambridge..."
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Handwritten copy, signed by Josiah Willard, of a March 7, 1743 Council vote ordering further work by a Committee considering a petition by the Harvard Corporation related to ferry fares, and a half-page response by Francis Foxcroft suggesting that the Committee recommend certain fare rates and ferryman percentages.
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Levi Hedge, Professor of Logic and Metaphysics, wrote Harvard president John Kirkland requesting renovations to the house which he occupied. Hedge's house was situated on North Street (now Massachusetts Avenue). He notes that the kitchen has a leaky sink, loose and unusable shelves, and is insufficiently insulated.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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One slip of paper containing a handwritten question in the hand of President Joseph Willard. The question is on the verso of a note dated March 2, 1790.
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Two small pieces of paper each containing handwritten extracts of Corporation votes between 1797-1801 issuing grants to President Willard.
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One folio-sized leaf containing a handwritten list of Commencement fees and salaries received by President Willard between 1783 and 1802. The paper includes the struck-out inscription "Cushing."
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One folio-sized leaf containing a handwritten list of grants received by President Holyoke from the Massachusetts General Court between 1737 and 1750, presumably copied from a record book cited as "M.S. No. II," pages 26-56.
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Four folio-sized leaves containing a handwritten copy of a petition to the Massachusetts General Court from the Harvard Corporation requesting the College's amount of tax exempt real estate be enlarged.
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Four octavo-sized leaves containing a handwritten copy of a detailed response by the Committee of the Town of Cambridge (comprised of James Winthrop, William Winthrop, and Ebenezer Stedman) to the memorial of Harvard College officers to the Massachusetts General Court.