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- catalog abstract "A two-and-a-half-page handwritten letter to Charles Prescott in Newburyport, Mass., presumably from his sister Mary Prescott in Cambridge, giving a detailed account of the disorderly behavior of members of Charles Prescott's Harvard class, and mentioning Prescott's bill and his leaving college. The letter refers to the "the rebellion in your Class at College" and mentions the run-ins of Harvard Professors John Brazer (1789-1846; Harvard AB 1813) and John Snelling Popkin (1771-1852; Harvard AB 1792) with unruly students.".
- catalog alternative "This letter forms a part of George Goodspeed's collection of Harvardiana".
- catalog contributor b11356509.
- catalog contributor b11356510.
- catalog contributor b11356511.
- catalog date "1818".
- catalog description "A letter to Charles Prescott from his former classmate D. W. Gorham describing the Harvard student rebellion of 1818 (HUA 734.13) is also held in the Harvard University Archives.".
- catalog description "A two-and-a-half-page handwritten letter to Charles Prescott in Newburyport, Mass., presumably from his sister Mary Prescott in Cambridge, giving a detailed account of the disorderly behavior of members of Charles Prescott's Harvard class, and mentioning Prescott's bill and his leaving college. The letter refers to the "the rebellion in your Class at College" and mentions the run-ins of Harvard Professors John Brazer (1789-1846; Harvard AB 1813) and John Snelling Popkin (1771-1852; Harvard AB 1792) with unruly students.".
- catalog description "Charles Prescott (1801-1851), a son of Dr. Oliver Prescott (1762-1827; Harvard AB 1783), entered Harvard with the class of 1821 but left after his sophomore year. Prescott died in Empire City, California in 1851.".
- catalog description "In 1818, following a food fight between Harvard freshmen and sophomores that broke much of the College's crockery, the sophomores (Harvard Class of 1821) protested the faculty's disciplinary efforts by gathering around the "Rebellion Tree" in the College Yard. The Harvard Corporation and Faculty responded by suspending the students. The poem "The Rebelliad," was written in response to the incident by Augustus Peirce (Harvard Class of 1820) in 1819 and published by B. B. Mussey in 1842.".
- catalog description "Mary Prescott (b. 1793), a daughter of Dr. Oliver Prescott (1762-1827; Harvard AB 1783), married Boston merchant John Belknap in 1825.".
- catalog extent ".01 cubic feet (1 folder)".
- catalog isPartOf "Collections of the Harvard University Archives. Personal archives. hua".
- catalog issued "1818".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog subject "Brazer, John, 1789-1846.".
- catalog subject "Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1821.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University Discipline.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University Riot, 1818.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University Students.".
- catalog subject "Popkin, John Snelling, 1771-1852.".
- catalog title "Letter from Mary Prescott to Charles Prescott describing a student rebellion, November 11, 1818.".
- catalog title "This letter forms a part of George Goodspeed's collection of Harvardiana".
- catalog type "collection".