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Washington Doctor of Law Honored by Harvard in 1776
A February American Menial Magazine piece recounts Harvard College granting George Washington the Doctor of Law degree in 1776. The ornate certificate lauds his leadership in freeing Boston and Cambridge, noting the University’s praise for his defense of liberty and the Civil and Natural Law.
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George Washington
Boston
Carl Holliday
University of Toledo
Washington
Concord
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Harvard University
Cambridge
Jobe Winthrop
America
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Marvard College
New England
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Republic of Levers
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Virginia
Britain
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Harvard College
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Samuel Langdon
S. T. D. Praeses
Nathaniel Appleton
Johannes Winthrop
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Andreas Eliot
Samuel Cooper
Johannes Wadsworth
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