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...library. In 1588, he erected the beginning of the present structure. The celebrity of the Library dates from the sixteenth century, when important additions were made. In 1600, the institution contained 10,660 manuscripts-a large collection for that day. The next accession consisted of the library of the Elector of Palatine, captured at Heidelberg and presented to Gregory XV., in 1625. It contained 4,838 manuscripts. In 1658, there were added 1,711 Greek and Latin Manuscripts, from the Library of Urbina. In 1700, the collection of Christina, Queen of Sweden, was added to the Library. It contained most...
...standing committee of the electors of Harvard college have given notice that they will, during the month of May, receive nominations for candidates for the board of overseers. Each elector may send a list of not more than five names, that being the number of vacancies to be filled, and must send his ballot, signed with his name and year of graduation, to Samuel M. Quincy, secretary, Old State House, Boston...
...college. He argued his case before the board, and did not succeed in obtaining from them any reason satisfactory to him why he should not be made a voter. But the board held that students in an institution of learning were not entitled to the privileges of an elector. [Evening Post...