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Memorials of Presidents on View

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A collection of memorials connected with the Presidents of Harvard College, from Dunster to Eliot, will be on exhibition in the Treasure Room of the College Library, tomorrow and Wednesday, from 1 to 5 P. M., and on Thursday, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.

These memorials include, beside other interesting objects, the Hebrew Bible used by President Dunster throughout his administration; a book given to President Chauncy when, as a boy in 1609, he went up from Westminster School to Trinity College; a folio Hebrew and Greek Bible which belonged to Increase Mather, and several of his works printed while he was President of Harvard College; Vice-President Willard's Commonplace Book; Leverett's private note-book of College affairs; and the book of signatures presented to President Eliot on his seventieth birthday and the orders conferred by foreign governments on President Eliot.

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