Plan dated March 1724. Scale 20 R. to an Inch: Sam1 Danforth Surveyor. [Here follows, in the hand of President Langdon, Plan J, facing page 280 of this volume.1 - Editor.] [129] [Here follows, in the hand of President Langdon, Plan K, between pages 290291 of this volume." Editor.] The College Lot in the Southerly Corner of Brownfield is bounded as follows, viz. Beginning at a Pitch-Pine Tree marked HB 1766, being the Southerly Corner of one of the Grants set that which contains 8544 Acres, & from thence running N 60° E one Mile & 4 Rods; thence N 30 W, 160 Rods; then S 60° W one Mile to the Westerly Side Line of the sd Grant; then S 27° E on sd Line to the first mentioned Bound; containing 360 Acres more or Less. The College Lot on the Easterly Side of Saco River begins at an Hemlock Tree marked HB 1770, being the Southeasterly Corner of the Grant of 11000 Ac. & thence running S 60° W on the lower Boundary of sd Grant one Mile; then N 30° W. 160 Rods; then N 60° E3 one Mile to the Easterly Side Line; then S 30° E 160 Rods on sd Line to the first Bound. Vid: Deed procured from Henry Young Brown Esq Octor 26 1779 by the Presdt, & recorded in the Book of Benefactions p. 109. N. B. The above Plan of Brownfield is a Copy from one which the President obtained from the abovementioned Henry Young Brown Esq S. Langdon Prdt 1 Plan J mentions Common, Fresh Pond, Menotomy; and shows nine lots, of which eight are numbered 1-8 and the ninth is not numbered. The ownerships of these lots is given as follows: 1, Jona. Belcher Esq'; 2, Capt: Moses Boardman; 3, Mr Nich: Fessenden's Heirs; 4, Solomon Prentiss; 5, Ephr: Frost's Heirs; 6, Harvd College; 7, Henry Prentiss; 8, Jona. Wyeth; [9], Mr Andrew Boardman. In No. 4 is written in pencil "Dr Follen;" in No. 5 is written in pencil "Watshone;" and across Nos. 6-7 is written in pencil "Hodges." These entries in pencil are too indistinct to show in the facsimile of Plan J. 2 Plan K mentions Bridgetown, Brownfield (first, second, and third grants), College (two lots), Common Lands, Fryburg, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pleasant M, Pleasant Pond, Saco River. "N 60°"' is written over a word or figure erased. Plan of the Township of Fryburg, by a Scale of 1 Mile to an Inch. [Here follows, in the hand of President Langdon, Plan L, between pages 300301 of this volume.2. - Editor.] N. B. The College Lot N° 30 on the northerly extremity of the River is intirely an Interval, & was laid out for a first Division of the Interval of 23 Acres, but is now found to contain nearly 50 Acres, so that the addition of about 10 Acres more of Interval will complete the whole quantity of Interval which is supposed to belong to each whole Share as the Township was bounded by the first Grant. The College Lot N° 28 contains about 42 Acres of Upland, very good, & was laid out for the first Division of Upland to Harvd College. The small Lot N° 61 is 10 Acres of Meadow on the Borders of Lovell's Pond, & was assigned to the College, joining upon the School Lot & Ministers Lot which are contained in No 62 & 63. The above Plan was copied from a large Plan belonging to the Proprietors of Fryburg, by [132-136'] Sam1 Langdon Presdt L. S.4 Præstantissimus generosæque indolis Juvenis," JEREMIAS DUMMER, Anglus Americanus, Studiorum, tam Phylosophicorum quam Theologicorum, quæ in patria felicitèr inchoaverat, uberius excolendorum gratia, ante Annum ac Semistre, et si quid excurrit, ad Academiam 1 Page [130] is blank. 2 Plan L mentions Brownfield, College (30), College Lot (61, 62, 63), College Upland (23-29), Lovel's Pond, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Place of Lovels Battle with the Indians, Pond & Bogg (two). Pages [132-136] are blank. At this point the book has been turned upside down. The first leaf is not written on, nor is it numbered. The second leaf is not numbered. Pages are now given in their inverse order. At the left of these letters, the word "Præstantissimus" has been written and then erased. This entry is in an unknown hand. Altered from "Juvinis." "Altered from "felicita." nostram, laudabilibus instructus tęstimoniis, accessit. Et mox se morum comitate, ingenii elegantia, judicii acrimonia, multa eruditionis varietate, et, quæ cuncta ista exornat, insigni modestia, doctis apud nos hominibus egregie adprobavit. Mihi certe, ex quo innotuit,' amabilem se præstitit. Quid quid hic exegit temporis, constanti assiduitate bonis literis, divinis humanisque, publice ac privatim impemdit:2 atque ita collectos olim Thesauros notabili augmento locupletavit. Eximia denique profectuum suorum, præsertim in sacris, specimina, non domesticis solum scholis, sed et publicis pro Academica Concione exercitiis et imprimis prolixa disputatione de descensu Christi ad Inferos, erudite a se conscripta, ac strenue meo sub præsidio defensa, omnium cum applausu exhibuit. Ex quibus spem concepi, crescere ipsam in vitam Dei, qui Ecclesiam olim insigniter ornaturus Sit. Neque dubito ipsum bonis omnibus de meliori nota commendare. Ita scribebam Lugduni in Batavis. III. Kal: Febr: M.D.CCIII: Herm: Witsius [169] Diplomata in Paginis sequentibus relata.3 D. Jer. Dummer. Phil. D. pag. 1. [168] D. Benja Franklin A. M. Cant. N. Angl. p. 16. [153] 4 D. Mather. Byles S. T. D. Aberd. p. 18. [151] D. Sam. Langdon. S. T. D. Aberd. Marischal. 19. [150] D. Ezr. Stiles. S. T. D. Edinb. p. 20. [149] D. Sam1 Auchmuty. Oxon S T. D. p. 21. [148] 1 Altered from "innocuit." * The scribe's error for "impendit." This list is in the hand of President Holyoke. The figures within square brackets are not in the original, but are inserted for convenience. They indicate the pages of the text. 4 The name "" Mather. Byles" is written over a name erased. [168] Rector1 et Professores Academiæ ultrajectina Lectori S. P. Solenne et præclarum est majorum nostrorum institutum ut qui emeriso per indefessam industriam Studiorum cursu, fructus laborum suorum ferre, atque ad juvandum ornandamque Ecclesiam et Remp. in partibus sibi credendis accedere fatagunt Academiæ alicujus examini sese subjiciant, atque ab ea debita virtuti ac eruditioni suæ præmia et decora consequantur. Cum itaque ornatissimus præstantissimusque vir D. JER. DUMMER, Anglus diligentem Phylosophiæ operam per aliquot annos navasset, atque jam ad Exhibendum suæ eruditionis specimen paratus esset, petiissetque a nobis, ut ipsum titulo Academico doctrinæ suæ conveniente ornaremus: Nos æquissimæ honestissimæque ejus petitioni satisfacere volentes, præmisso tentamine, eundem per universam Phylosophiam accurate examinavimus, et quæstiones Phylosophicas ipsi præscriptas subtiliter explicantem, et ad dubia atque argumenta a nobis mota ac opposita solide respondentem, nec non Theses inaugurales De Annimorum METAгTIEMQ, cum annexis ex universa Phylosophia desumptis, defendentem audivimus. In quibus omnibus cum insignem eruditionem suam ac non vulgarem Phylosophiæ peritiam, pari cum modestia conjunctam, Nobis probasset, qui virtuti atque honestis studiis debitur honos petenti merito contulimus. Quapropter ex auctoritate ac potestate nobis ab Illustr. ac potentibus Provinciæ Ultrajectinæ Ordinibus concessa atque tributa, eundem D. JER. DUMMER per Clariss: Subtillissimumque Collegam nostrum 2 D. Gerardum De Urjes, Phylosophiæ Professorem ordinarium, et S. S. Theologiæ extraordinarium, Phylosophiæ Doctorem et Liberalium artium Magistrum creavimus ac renunciavimus, creamus ac renunciamus, dedimusque ac damus hoc nostro Diplomate facultatem, legitima vocatione præcedente, Cathedram Magistralem et Doctoralem conscendendi, ac Phylosophiam profitendi. Tribuimus ei insuper omnes immunitates, privilegia ac prærogativas, quæcunque vero Phylosophia Doctori et Liberalium Artium Magistro tribui et concedi solent. Quæ omnia ut testatiora forent, publicum hoc Diploma, Manu Rectoris Magnifici, et Promo 1 This entry is in the same hand that wrote the entry on page [170] of the text: see pages 305-306 of this volume. 2 Altered from "nostram." toris, nec non Secretarii nostri signatum, ac majore Academiæ Sigillo confirmatum, ei dari curavimus. Ultrajecti a. d. 13 Februarii Ao. MDCCIII. H. Pontanus S. S. Theol. D. et Pro. h. t Academiæ Rector Gerardus De Urjes Phylos. Dret Professor ac Promotor [1671] [166] Senatus2 Academiæ Glasguensis Christiano Lectori Salutem. Cum artes omnes alat honos, Utilissimo sane Instituto illi quorum in manu fuit res Christiana Academias, harum rerum optimos Arbitras, ea præditas voluerunt potestate, qua, qui Liberalibus Artibus diligentem et fœlicem navassent operam, eos Idoneis honoribus afficerent. Ex honorificis vero, quos disciplinarum nomine Academiæ largiuntur, titulis, primas merito tenet, quem ejus nomine tribuunt cui ancillantur cæteræ. Cum hoc Academico honore dignissimum censeamus Virum egregium COTTONEM MATHER, Evangelii, apud Bostonienses Angliæ novæ incolas, præconem celeberrimum, de cujus quippe vitæ integritate, Jngenio, prudentia, et Sacrarum Literarum cognitione, nobis et orbi3 quidem Literato constet; famâ simul et editis ab eo Scriptis istarum virtutum Testibus Luculentissimis; Eum virum Cl. COTTONEM MATHER Doctorali in SS Theologia dignitate insigniendum judicamus; Eumque (pro potestate ab antiquis retro Principibus nobis concessa) his Literis Theologiæ Doctorem dicimus, declaramus, et renunciamus; Eique cuncta privilegia, Immunitates, Iura, Theologiæ Doctoribus usquam Gentium concessa, vel concedi solita, Libenter Concedimus et tribuimus. [165] In quorum omnium fidem, Literas hasce Majore Academiæ Sigillo 1 Page [167] is blank. 2 This entry is in an unknown hand. 3 The words "et orbi" are interlined. A letter is here crossed out. |