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• catalog abstract "The documents in this collection were likely created by Eliphalet Pearson as a member of the Harvard Corporation during his brief tenure as Acting President from 1804 to 1806 following the death of President Joseph Willard. The six documents in this collection are copies or extracts from earlier College and government records. They document the foundation of the Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity; describe the aims and objectives of the Alford Professorship; include proposed amendments to the Professorship's statutes; and trace the payments made to Harvard College from the Alford Estate. Manuscript copy of an Account with Alford Executors, 1788 December 31, made by Eliphalet Pearson, ca. 1805. This folder contains a copy of a ledger account listing the amounts paid to Harvard University from the Alford Estate from 1772 to 1788 for the establishment of the Alford Professorship. The 1779/1780 payment records an adjustment for the monetary inflation of the Continental currency during the American Revolution by including a deduction for "depreciation." The December 31, 1788 entry reports the interest earned on the funds for this period. Manuscript copy of amendments proposed to the Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, undated, made by Eliphalet Pearson, ca. 1805. This folder contains proposed amendments to the course requirements as originally described in the Institution of the Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity. Manuscript copy of original minutes for the Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, undated, made by Eliphalet Pearson, ca. 1805. This folder contains a slightly rewritten version of the principal duties of the Alford Professor. Manuscript copy of the Institution of the Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity in Harvard College, by the Executors of the Will of John Alford, 1789 February 18, made by Eliphalet Pearson, ca. 1805. This folder contains three documents: a copy of the Institution and copies of two documents that appear to have been outlines or drafts of the Institution dated December 2, 1788 and January 1, 1789. The Institution document explains the aims and objectives of the Alford Professorship, records the requirements as to the contents of the professor's courses, notes the students to whom the courses are to be offered, and stipulates the moral and religious character of the Alford Professor.".
• catalog alternative "Formerly described as Records of the Harvard Corporation. Professorship records : relating to the foundation of the Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity.".
• catalog alternative "Harvard Corporation. Professorship papers.".
• catalog contributor b2469842.
• catalog contributor b2469843.
• catalog coverage "Massachusetts Religion 19th century.".
• catalog date "1805".
• catalog description "Eliphalet Pearson, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages and Acting President at Harvard, was born in Byfield, Mass. on June 11, 1752. Pearson was educated at Dummer Academy, and received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1773. He was Master of the grammar school in Andover, Mass. from 1773 to 1774, before returning to Cambridge to study for the ministry. In 1778 he was appointed the first preceptor of Phillips Academy, and he continued in that position for eight years. Pearson returned to Harvard in 1786, where he became Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages; a position he held until his resignation in 1806. In 1800 he became a member of the Corporation of Harvard College, and he served as the College’s Acting President from 1804 to 1806, in the period between Joseph Willard and Samuel Webber’s presidencies. Pearons returned to Andover upon his resignation in 1806. Upon the establishment of the Theological Seminary in Andover in 1808, he was named that institution’s Professor of Sacred Literature. Pearson died September 12, 1826.".
• catalog description "Manuscript copy of amendments proposed to the Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, undated, made by Eliphalet Pearson, ca. 1805. This folder contains proposed amendments to the course requirements as originally described in the Institution of the Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity.".
• catalog description "Manuscript copy of an Account with Alford Executors, 1788 December 31, made by Eliphalet Pearson, ca. 1805. This folder contains a copy of a ledger account listing the amounts paid to Harvard University from the Alford Estate from 1772 to 1788 for the establishment of the Alford Professorship. The 1779/1780 payment records an adjustment for the monetary inflation of the Continental currency during the American Revolution by including a deduction for "depreciation." The December 31, 1788 entry reports the interest earned on the funds for this period.".
• catalog description "Manuscript copy of original minutes for the Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, undated, made by Eliphalet Pearson, ca. 1805. This folder contains a slightly rewritten version of the principal duties of the Alford Professor.".
• catalog description "Manuscript copy of the Institution of the Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity in Harvard College, by the Executors of the Will of John Alford, 1789 February 18, made by Eliphalet Pearson, ca. 1805. This folder contains three documents: a copy of the Institution and copies of two documents that appear to have been outlines or drafts of the Institution dated December 2, 1788 and January 1, 1789. The Institution document explains the aims and objectives of the Alford Professorship, records the requirements as to the contents of the professor's courses, notes the students to whom the courses are to be offered, and stipulates the moral and religious character of the Alford Professor.".
• catalog description "Pearson, Eliphalet, 1752-1826. Notes compiled by Eliphalet Pearson relating to the foundation of the Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, ca. 1805. UAI 15.987, Harvard University Archives.".
• catalog description "The Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity was endowed in 1789 by Edmund Trowbridge and Richard Cary, executors of the will of John Alford (1686-1761). Although not a Harvard graduate, Alford had served on the Board of Overseers and bequeathed a large part of his estate to support the propagation of the Gospel among the Indians and for "pious and charitable uses" at Harvard College and the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University). The endowment was established during a time of theological liberalization at Harvard College which was characterized by a general trend away from an understanding of religion based on supernatural revelation and more towards an understanding of religion based on natural reason and observation. Under the direction of Trowbridge and Cary, the Alford Estate began making payments to Harvard College in 1765 which were to be held in a trust, with any interest earned to be added to the principal of the endowment until the Alford Professorship was established. However, there was great difficulty settling the estate due to the American Revolution, monetary inflation, and the difficulty of selling Alford's unmarketable lands in New Jersey. The settlement was further delayed by the inability of John Hancock, Harvard College treasurer, to reconcile the College funds during the American Revolution. In February 1789, Alford’s executors discharged a legal prospectus appropriating the funds accumulated by Harvard College to support "a Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, in the said College forever, whose principal duty it shall be by lectures and private instruction to demonstrate the existence of a Diety or First Cause." Over the next few years, funds were accumulated by the Alford endowment until the Harvard Corporation decided in 1817 that sufficient funds were available to select Levi Frisbie as the first Alford Professor.".
• catalog description "The Harvard University Archives also holds the Papers of Eliphalet Pearson (HUM 79) which contains many documents extracted from earlier College and government records.".
• catalog description "The documents in this collection were likely created by Eliphalet Pearson as a member of the Harvard Corporation during his brief tenure as Acting President from 1804 to 1806 following the death of President Joseph Willard. The six documents in this collection are copies or extracts from earlier College and government records. They document the foundation of the Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity; describe the aims and objectives of the Alford Professorship; include proposed amendments to the Professorship's statutes; and trace the payments made to Harvard College from the Alford Estate.".
• catalog extent ".03 cubic feet (1 pamphlet binder)".
• catalog isPartOf "Collections of the Harvard University Archives. University records. hua".
• catalog issued "1805".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog spatial "Massachusetts Cambridge".
• catalog spatial "Massachusetts Cambridge.".
• catalog spatial "Massachusetts Religion 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Harvard University Faculty Employment.".
• catalog subject "Harvard University Faculty Selection and appointment.".
• catalog subject "Harvard University Faculty.".
• catalog subject "Harvard University. Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity.".
• catalog subject "Lectures and lecturing Massachusetts Cambridge.".
• catalog subject "Philosophy 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Religion Study and teaching (higher) Massachusetts Cambridge 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Theology Study and teaching (higher) Massachusetts Cambridge 19th century.".
• catalog title "Formerly described as Records of the Harvard Corporation. Professorship records : relating to the foundation of the Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity.".
• catalog title "Notes compiled by Eliphalet Pearson relating to the foundation of the Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, ca. 1805.".
• catalog type "collection".