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Showing posts with label Samuel Locke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Samuel Locke. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 06, 2023

“Ye. uncommon size & penetration of his genius”

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When the Locke family returned to Sherborn , after the Rev. Dr. Samuel Locke resigned as president of Harvard College (because he’d father...
Tuesday, December 05, 2023

The Lockes in Wedlock

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Three years ago I wrote about the sestercentennial of the Rev. Samuel Locke ’s inauguration as president of Harvard College . Normally I...
Sunday, December 03, 2023

“A See becoming Vacant in a Sudden Surprising manner”

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As I quoted yesterday , in December 1773 the Rev. Ezra Stiles was worried by rumors from Cambridge about the sudden resignation of Harvard...
Saturday, December 02, 2023

“A child Laid to him by his housekeeper”

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Though the Harvard College corporation kept quiet about the reason for president Samuel Locke ’s resignation in December 1773 , news was al...
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Friday, December 01, 2023

The Resignation of Samuel Locke

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On 1 Dec 1773, two and a half centuries ago today , the Rev. Dr. Samuel Locke resigned as president of Harvard College . I wrote about ho...
Saturday, June 24, 2023

“He will be in Danger of a Duplicity of Character”

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On 24 June 1773, the Rev. Dr. Ezra Stiles of Newport received two visitors from Cambridge . He wrote in his diary: Visited me Rev. Mr. Sa...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

A New President for Harvard College

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To be sure, there were other things going on in Massachusetts in March 1770 besides responses to the Boston Massacre . On 21 March, Harvar...