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NHG-P.770.010
30 Mar 1770:22,23 (702)
Cambridge, March 20, 1770. This day the Reverend Samuel
Lock, late pastor of the Church of Sherburne, was installed
President of Harvard-College.
There was a procession from Harvard-Hall to the
Meeting-House in the following order:
The students of the College
Resident graduates
The librarian, with the college seal, records, and charter;
and the butler with the keys
The Reverend Corporation
The professors and tutors in their proper habits. His Honor
the Lieut. Governer, & the President elect
. . . [5 lines, 5 lines describing the ceremony] The Rev.
Mr. Pemberton made another prayer; and the solemnity was
concluded with a hymn & an anthem, performed by the young
gentlemen of the College. . . [7 lines]
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