Lot 742
Document Authorizing the Foundation of Harvard. Acts and Laws Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts…Boston: Adams and Larkin, printers to the General Court, 1794, pages 405-434, 8½ x 14½". Light stains, moderate aging, edges are uncut. Fine.
In the first chapter of this Massachusetts periodical, provisions are made to provide a university at Cambridge, later known as Harvard. The article states that: "The sum of eight thousand pounds be raised by Lottery, for the purpose of erecting a building at Cambridge, for the accommodation of the youth at the University there…" Later chapters discuss the establishment of a Tabernacle in Salem, as well as the division of districts for representation in Congress.
Estimated Value $150 - 250.
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