Why's it called that? Holden the town, like the Harvard chapel, takes name from London banker
It is called Holden Chapel, a label reflecting its benefactor and original purpose. (Its standing as a chapel didn’t last ...
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George Washington Given the First LL.D. Degree Granted by University
It was voted to him by the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University ... The diploma was composed by Samuel Langdon of the Class of 1740, who was President of the University from 1774 ...
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Why's it called that? Holden the town, like the Harvard chapel, takes name from London banker
He died a rich man in 1740. His widow, at the urging of Thomas Hutchinson, a Harvard graduate who was governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, donated money to the college for the ...