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Harvard Link to Early America and the Founding of a University
The piece traces John Harvard’s life from Stratford to Cambridge and his key role in funding and shaping Harvard College now Harvard University. It covers his family, marriage, voyage to America, and the college’s early growth, professors, and buildings, noting his death after fourteen months in the colonies and his posthumous impact on American higher learning.
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Newport
James River
Virginia
Protestant Episcopal Church
America
John Harvard
Massachusetts Bay
John
Harvard
England
St. Saviour's Church
Southwerl
John Harvyo
Robi
Cambridge
Oxford
Robert Harvard
Stratford-on
Avon
Katherine Rogers
Stratford
Shakespeares
Harvards
Soultinvark
Robert
London
St. Saviour Grammar School
Ater
Hubert Harvard
Douty Katherine Harvard
Thomas
Atrs
Joan
Elletson
Cooper
Wis
Elletson Hex
Katherine Yearwood
St. Saviour's Parish
Mmpan
New World
New England
Specich
Aonen
Charlestown
First
Genara
Joh. Harvard
New ‘Down
Haevard
University
Jeellexa
Dunster
Chauncy
Hof
Mather
Nathaniel Eaton
Exton
Jty
Harvand
Houto