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Graduates of Harvard University 
1769

Bachelors of Arts  (A.B)  

From 1642 to 1869, inclusive, Bachelors of Arts were entitled to receive the degree of Master of Arts (A.M.)  in course, three years after graduation. 

1769

  Died
Peter Oliver, A.M.; M.D. Aberd. 1790 1795
James Winthrop, A.M.; A.M. (Hon.) Dart. 1787; LL.D. Allegheny (Pa.) 1817; Librarian; Fellow Am. Acad.; Memb. Mass. Hist. Soc., Am. Philos. Soc. 1821
John Williams, A.M.; Memb. Mass. Hist. Soc. 1816
Peter Thacher, A.M.; S.T.D. Edinb. 1791; Fellow Am. Acad.; Orig. Memb. Mass. Hist. Soc.  1802
Joseph Lee. A.M. 1785
Christopher Sargeant, A.M. 1778
Nehemiah Williams, also A. B. Yale 1769; A.M.; Fellow Am. Acad. 1796
Theophilus Parsons, A.M.; LL.D. 1804, Dart. 1807, Brown 1809; Fellow; Fellow Am. Acad. Ch. Just. Supr. Court Mass.  1813
William Tudor, A.M.; Orig. Memb. Mass. Hist. Soc. 1819
John Bulkley, A.M. 1774
Nathaniel Webster, A.M. 1830
Thomas Kast, A.M., 1774 1820
Peter Coffin, A.M. 1821
Nathaniel Tracy, A.M., also Coll. N. J. 1773; Fellow Am. Acad. 1796
Nathaniel Harrington, A.M. 178_
Isaac Biglow, A.M. 1777
Jonathan Williams Austin, A.M. 1779
Daniel Jones, A.M. 1779
Jonas Dix, A.M. 1796
George Wheaton 1773
Alexander Scammell, A.M. 1781
William Bowers, A.M. 18209
Benjamin Wadsworth, A.M.; S.T.D. 1816 1826
Peleg Wadsworth, A.M.; M.C. 1829
James Blake 1771
Ebenezer Bradish, A.M. 1818
Elias Fisher, A.M. 1831
Benjamin Guild, A.M.; Tutor; Fellow Am. Acad. 1792
Thomas Moore, A.M. 1796
Jacob Jewett, A.M. 1812
Noah Cooke, A.M. 1829
William Goodhue, A.M. 1782
Elijah Fletcher, A.M. 1786
Stephen Peabody, A.M.; A.M. (Hon.) Dart. 1792 1819
Samuel Whiting, A.M. (Hon.) Yale 1772 1819
Benjamin Bradshaw, A.M. 1779
Samuel Coolidge 1790
David Jewett 1783
Moses Dow, A.M.; A.M. (Hon.) Dart. 1785 1811
   
* deceased - Date unknown  

Source:  Quinquaennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Harvard University 1636 - 1915  Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press in the Two Hundred and Seventy-Ninth Year of the College 1915.


  
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