Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Resolve of House of Representatives empowering the President and Fellows to remove the library and apparatus to Concord, November 7, 1775 Digital
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
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Collection:
Corporation papers, 1st series, supplements to the Harvard College Papers
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Series:
Corporation papers, chronological file
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Sub-Series:
1775-1783
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 74Identifier: UAI 5.120
Scope and Contents:
This subseries contains votes of the Harvard Corporation, correspondence, resolves of the House of Representatives, and petitions. Topics documented include the American Revolution, including the movement of the library and apparatus to Concord and the selection of books from sequestered libraries; smallpox; admission and degrees; a request from a Boston dentist for sea horse (i.e. walrus) teeth; Samuel Williams’ expedition to view a solar eclipse at Penobscot Bay; the new state...