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Word: burnes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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college building built in America, and entirely destroyed it, in 1764. Only energetic work by student bucket brigades saved Massachusetts Hall, which began to burn several times. Harvard Hall contained the College Library of 5,000 books, including John Harvard's collection. Of this collection only one volume was saved--"The Christian Warfare Against the Devil, World, and Flesh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DOUBLE CENTENARY OF OLDEST AMERICAN COLLEGE BUILDING | 1/23/1920 | See Source »

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