Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter of transmittal from Francis Calley Gray, Secretary of the Corporation, to John T. Kirkland, 1828 April 2 Digital
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
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Collection:
Papers of John Thornton Kirkland
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Professional correspondence
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Sub-Fonds:
Resignation correspondence
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 40Identifier: UAI 15.880
Scope and Contents:
This sub-subseries documents the resignation of John T. Kirkland as Harvard University president in April 1828 and illustrates the high esteem in which the students and faculty held Kirkland during his tenure as Harvard president. The sub-subseries contains Kirkland's letter of resignation and his farewell address to the students at Harvard; addresses given to Kirkland...