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Contains 1 Result:
Intended publication relative to choice of Professor of Divinity, first draft, 1805 January
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
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Collection:
Records compiled by Eliphalet Pearson relating to the election of Henry Ware as Hollis Professor of Divinity
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Series:
Intended publication relative to choice of Professor of Divinity
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5Identifier: UAI 15.955
Scope and Contents:
This series contains a narrative account written by Pearson defending the orthodox position at Harvard University. Pearson's narrative was never published and is dated before the vote for the president of Harvard and the Hollis Professor of Divinity takes place on February 1, 1805. In this narrative, Pearson criticizes the "time, manner, and unfairness" of the attacks made on the Corporation's selection committee beginning in the Columbian Centinel in...