tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post7849192322180156096..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Moving into a Harvard Dormitory in 1785Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-70501837835986637762019-09-03T22:48:22.493-05:002019-09-03T22:48:22.493-05:00What a fine source for what a college student had ...What a fine source for what a college student had in his dormitory room in 1775! J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-58790098440528674012019-09-03T22:46:29.503-05:002019-09-03T22:46:29.503-05:00Charles Adams died of cirrhosis of the liver at th...Charles Adams died of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of thirty. His drinking might have been a manifestation of something deeper, such as depression. The family appears to have destroyed a lot of papers mentioning him, so the record isn't as clear as we'd like. I've seen statements that his drinking began in college, like Samuel Walker, so perhaps they weren't the best pair to room together after all. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-5245118882335553562019-09-03T10:58:30.401-05:002019-09-03T10:58:30.401-05:00What a difference a decade makes! Ten years earlie...What a difference a decade makes! Ten years earlier my 5x great-grandfather was finishing his studies at Harvard. The academic year ended early (in May) due to occupation of the campus by Continental troops, and the students' property got requisitioned by the army for their hospital. George Athearn's dad requested compensation for the items removed from "the North East Chamber in Hollis up one pair of stairs": one bed bolster and pillows, 6 pounds 10 shillings; and Bedding sufficient, 2 pounds 10 shillings; Under Bed (a pad under the feather mattress) 12 shillings; Bedstead, 8 shillings; table, 8 shillings; book case, 8 shillings. Not sure if they ever got the money...but since the year ended abruptly without the usual reception for all and sundry interested persons, at least his family didn't have to help underwrite it.Pamela Athearn Filbertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-30756355995881379922019-09-03T10:11:43.885-05:002019-09-03T10:11:43.885-05:00So what happened in Charles Adams's adult life...So what happened in Charles Adams's adult life?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com