COLLECTION
Identifier: UAI 15.970
Records relating to the founding of the Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory
Extract from the will of Nicholas Boylston (manuscript copy), 1772 February 11 Digital
Draft of the Rules, Directions, and Statutes of the Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory in Harvard College, [ca. 1804] Digital
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Harvard University Archives
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Collection:
Records relating to the founding of the Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory
Scope and Contents
This original draft was probably written by Eliphalet Pearson (1752-1826) as a member of the committee charged with the task of establishing the rules, directions, and statutes for the Boylston Professorship by the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers. This draft is heavily edited and contains many cross outs through the text.