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Excerpt from Bibliographical Contributions, Vol. 50: An Analysis of the Early Records of Harvard College, 1636 1750It may not be inappropriate to give a few ex amples cf the use of words in these records, either obsolete or unusual in our present vocabulary.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work....

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Excerpt from Tracts Relating to the Currency of the Massachusetts Bay, 1682-1720In¿uenced by the belief that there was a certain amount of interest in the subject on the part of students in History and Economics, I determined to publish some, at least, of these pamphlets, and as I did not care to attempt any selection based upon an arbitrary measure of their value, I have taken enough of them, in the chronological order of their issue, to make...

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Excerpt from Colonial Currency Reprints, 1682-1751, Vol. 2: With an Introduction and NotesThe Word of comfort to a melancholy country, etc., is given herein a different position in chronological sequence from that assigned it in the chronological list. This is in consequence of the conclusion that the eminent clergy man to whom the Letter to an eminent clergyman is addressed must have been the Rev. John Wise, the author of the Word of comfort,...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Barberry Bushes and WheatThe Court then goes on to say, There is no particular author of an almanack, and deals with the special matter included in the publication as follows: Those additions of prognostications and other things that are common to almanacks do not alter the case.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproducti...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Currency and Banking in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, Vol. 1: CurrencyThe investigation Of the Land Bank experiment did not Of necessity carry with it the study of the different forms Of provincial currency then in circulation, but it did involve the careful examination Of numerous statutes and the perusal Of many contemporary pam phlets in which questions Of currency as well as banking were discussed. The familiarity wit...

Excerpt from Hints of Contemporary Life in the Writings of Thomas ShepardSuch, in brief, was the man from whose writings I have extracted for the purposes of this paper, a few paragraphs, such was his position in the community, and such are the possibilities which associate his name with the foundation of the great University in Cambridge.We have quite a number of publications to which we turn for information concerning the early life of our f...

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Excerpt from Jackson's LL. D: A Tempest in a Tea-PotAs we run over the list of the Presidents of the United States, we see that nine of them have received the degree of LL.D. From Harvard College.1 Four of them Monroe, J ack son, Grant, and Hayes - were in otfice at the time when the degree was conferred. When Washington visited Cambridge in 1789, he had already been honored by the college with a degree. So also at that date had-john Adams and...

Excerpt from Benjamin Apthorp GouldDr. Gould entered Harvard College, and was graduated there in 1844. We have the assurance of one of his class mates that he did not in the earlier part of his collegiate course display any especial predilection for mathematics. On the other hand, he was not only fond of the study of the languages, but would, upon occasion, recite page afterpage from the writings of favorite classical authors. His earliest col...

Excerpt from Sullivan's Expedition Against the Indians of New York, 1779: A Letter From Andrew McFarland Davis to Justin Winsor, Corresponding Secretary Massachusetts Historical Society, With the Journal of William McKendryBeside these there were once several other journals which are known to have been in existence, but which have disappeared. Miner speaks of one by Newman, and regrets that he has not room to print it. A list of these missing ...

Excerpt from Certain Old Chinese Notes, or Chinese Paper Money: A Communication Presented to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, at 28 Newbury Street, Boston, on the 10th of February, 1915So, too, it may be expected that the dawning interest in the subject Will lead to the acquisition by our museums Of specimens of these notes, other than the one kwan Ming note Of the last quarter Of the fourteenth century, now to be found in some of th...