[Harvard College]:

$500 · Offered by William Reese Company

THE FOUNDATION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PROFESSORSHIP OF NATURAL HISTORY, AT HARVARD COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE. WITH DOCUMENTS, RELATIVE TO ITS ESTABLISHMENT. In 1805, Boston-area citizens (including John Adams and John Quincy Adams) raised more than $30,000 to establish the "Massachusetts Professorship of Natural History" at Harvard, perhaps the first endowed professorship of sciences in the United States. This publication describes the rules of the professorship, the method of selection, duties, etc.

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