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- catalog abstract "The papers of Caleb Gannett contain a small assortment of miscellaneous personal records including estate documents. The collection is comprised of a personal accounting notebook used by Gannett between 1768 and 1777; two pieces of correspondence consisting of a letter from Thankful Smith to her sister Mary Dunster, and a 1775 letter written by Gannett to Harvard Professor Edward Wigglesworth discussing Gannett's smallpox inoculation and news of the Revolutionary War; and three miscellaneous financial documents. Additional records include estate papers created in the process of appraising and auctioning Gannett's estate, including lists of his furniture and personal library; and two handwritten, undated epitaphs written in remembrance of Gannett. The collection does not include records related to his work at Harvard College.".
- catalog contributor b756023.
- catalog contributor b756024.
- catalog contributor b756025.
- catalog contributor b756026.
- catalog contributor b756027.
- catalog contributor b756028.
- catalog contributor b756029.
- catalog contributor b756030.
- catalog coverage "United States History Revolution, 1775-1783.".
- catalog date "1768".
- catalog description "Caleb Gannett (1745-1818), Harvard College Steward from 1779 to 1818, was born August 22, 1745 in Bridgewater, Mass. He received an AB from Harvard in 1763 and an AM in 1766. In June 1768, Gannett traveled to Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, and served as a minister there until September 1771. He returned briefly to Massachusetts in October 1768 to be ordained as the Cumberland minister by Gay. In 1773, the Harvard Corporation appointed Gannett a tutor of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics. In May 1775, he left Harvard to be inoculated for smallpox and then returned to aid the College in relocating to Concord, Mass. due to the Revolutionary War. During the war, Gannett served regularly as a preacher in nearby towns. Gannett died on April 25, 1818.".
- catalog description "Caleb Gannett, 1745-1818. Papers of the Caleb Gannett, 1768-1820. HUG 1411, Harvard University Archives.".
- catalog description "Detailed inventory available electronically: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:hua02011".
- catalog description "The papers of Caleb Gannett contain a small assortment of miscellaneous personal records including estate documents. The collection is comprised of a personal accounting notebook used by Gannett between 1768 and 1777; two pieces of correspondence consisting of a letter from Thankful Smith to her sister Mary Dunster, and a 1775 letter written by Gannett to Harvard Professor Edward Wigglesworth discussing Gannett's smallpox inoculation and news of the Revolutionary War; and three miscellaneous financial documents. Additional records include estate papers created in the process of appraising and auctioning Gannett's estate, including lists of his furniture and personal library; and two handwritten, undated epitaphs written in remembrance of Gannett. The collection does not include records related to his work at Harvard College.".
- catalog extent ".22 cubic feet (1 half-legal document box)".
- catalog isPartOf "Collections of the Harvard University Archives. Personal archives. hua".
- catalog isPartOf "Harvard in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. hua".
- catalog issued "1768".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Cambridge".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts.".
- catalog spatial "New England".
- catalog spatial "United States History Revolution, 1775-1783.".
- catalog subject "Books and reading Massachusetts History 19th century Sources.".
- catalog subject "Clergy New England 18th century Sources.".
- catalog subject "Cost and standard of living New England 18th century sources.".
- catalog subject "Furniture Massachusetts Cambridge 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Gannett, Caleb, 1745-1818.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University. Steward.".
- catalog subject "Inheritance and succession Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Private libraries Massachusetts Cambridge 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Property Massachusetts Cambridge 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Smallpox Vaccination History 18th century Sources.".
- catalog subject "Vaccination History 18th century Sources.".
- catalog subject "Wadsworth, John, 1739-1777.".
- catalog subject "Young women Massachusetts 18th century.".
- catalog title "Papers of Caleb Gannett, 1768-1820.".
- catalog type "Account books. aat".
- catalog type "Deeds. aat".
- catalog type "Epitaphs. rbgenr".
- catalog type "Family papers. aat".
- catalog type "Inventories. aat".
- catalog type "Legal instruments. rbgenr".
- catalog type "Personal correspondence. aat".
- catalog type "Receipts. aat".
- catalog type "Wills. aat".
- catalog type "collection".