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Harvard, town (1990 pop. 12,329), Worcester co., E central Mass.; inc. 1732. A Shaker house and cemetery, a Native American museum, and a Harvard observatory are there. A museum on the site of Fruitlands, a cooperative vegetarian community founded by Bronson Alcott Alcott, Bronson (ôl`kət, ăl–, –kŏt), 1799–1888, American educational and social reformer, b. ..... Click the link for more information. , is in the area. Nearby Fort Devens closed in 1996. Harvard the first American college (1636). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1200] See : Firsts How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| FROM LOUIS LEVERETT, IN PARIS, TO HARVARD TREMONT, IN BOSTON. Individuals had come from the rich establishment at Lebanon, from Canterbury, Harvard, and Alfred, and from all the other localities where this strange people have fertilized the rugged hills of New England by their systematic industry. But there is reason to believe that President Dunster sat in it, when he held the first Commencement at Harvard College. |
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