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Votes and resolutions of the Board of Overseers on funds of Mary Saltonstall and the Treasurer, 1736 Digital
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Harvard University Archives
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6Identifier: UAII 5.7
Scope and Content:
The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Votes of the Board of Overseers on funds of Mary Saltonstall, 1738 Digital
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Harvard University Archives
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Collection:
Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7Identifier: UAII 5.7
Scope and Content:
The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Votes of the Board of Overseers on funds of Mary Saltonstall, 1739 Digital
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Harvard University Archives
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8Identifier: UAII 5.7
Scope and Content:
The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Votes and resolutions of the Board of Overseers on examination, charges, and judgement of Nathan Prince, 1741 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Documents the issue of Tutor Nathan Prince (1698-1748), surrounding his alleged intemperance, slanderous comments about his colleagues, and other misdeeds. Prince was educated at Harvard College and employed as one of its Tutors for almost twenty years, and believed by many to be the most significant scholar of mathematics and natural philosophy in the American colonies of his time. The Board of Overseers filed the series of complaints against Prince and found him guilty, which is evident in...
Votes of the Board of Overseers on funds of Mary Saltonstall, 1750 Digital
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Harvard University Archives
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10Identifier: UAII 5.7
Scope and Content:
The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Votes of the Board of Overseers on Dr. W and Mr. Boyle's Legacy, 1751 Digital
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Harvard University Archives
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Two recorded votes, one signed by Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard College, discussing the will of Dr. W. and Mr. Boyle's legacy.
Receipt of the Board of Overseers, 1753 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12Identifier: UAII 5.7
Scope and Content:
The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Amendment and votes of the Board of Overseers on the Hopkins Legacy and Grant of the General Court, 1757 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Two recorded votes, including one amendment to vote. The recorded vote mentions the "Decree of Chauncy and the Grant of the General Court."
Votes and resolutions of the Board of Overseers on Dr. Wigglesworth, library books, and establishment of a divinity system, 1759 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Documents the issue of attendance at Dr. Wigglesworth's lectures, and the neglect of the books in the library. It was voted that undergraduates were to preform oral public exercises. The issue of religion at Harvard was proposed to the Corporation, and the idea of establishing a divinity or ethics system was raised. The record also indicates that a law prohibiting drinking of punch at Commencement was appealed.
Votes and resolutions of the Board of Overseers on a dancing ban at Harvard, 1760 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15Identifier: UAII 5.7
Scope and Content:
The collection contains official handwritten and later typewritten records of votes and resolutions enacted during the meetings of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and maintained by the Secretaries of the Board of Overseers, between circa 1700 and 1892. Chiefly consisting of recorded votes, the records also include a small number of printed Board of Overseers meeting announcements, clippings of votes and resolutions, and letters from board members regarding recent votes. The records document...
Votes and resolutions of the Board of Overseers on political principles, 1775 Digital
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Records of the Board of Overseers: votes and resolutions
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16Identifier: UAII 5.7
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Documents the Board's involvement in politics at Harvard during the American Revolutionary War. The decision was made to reserve the right to hire anyone based on their political principles, to inquire into the principles of those already in office, and to be able to dismiss those who by their conduct appear to be opposed to the liberty and privileges of the colonies.