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One of the churches on Campus

Harvard Yard

"open ye the gates that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in"

"By the General Court of Massachusetts Bay, 28 October 1636 agreed to give 400 (pounds) towards a schoale or colledge whearof 200 (pounds) to bee paid the next yeare & 200 (pounds) when the worke is finished & the next court to appoint wheare and w building

15 November 1637 The colledge is ordered to bee at Newetowne

2 May 1638 It is ordered that Newetowne shall hencefoward be called Cambridge

13 March 1638-9 It is ordered that the colledge agreed upon formerly to be built at Cambridge shal bee called Harvard Colledge"

This was a really fun day for us, and it was just amazing to think that they were here almost 150 years before the Constitution was signed!