Thorndike, S. Lothrop, (Samuel Lothrop). S. Lothrop Thorndike papers, 1848-1853. - View Resource - Social Networks and Archival Context
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Harvard University
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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...
Thorndike, Samuel Lothrop, 1829-1911.
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Born Beverly, Mass. Dec. 28, 1829; died Weston, Mass. June 18, 1911. Harvard, class of 1852; long time resident of Cambridge, Mass.; lawyer; director of numerous corporations, including Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, Boston and Roxbury Mill Corp., etc.; trustee of Suffolk Savings Bank, Perkins Institute, etc.; choir master at Christ Church, Cambridge, Mass.; member of the Chorus Club of the Handel and Haydn,; president of the Cecila Society; president and treasurer of the Harvard Music...