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Graduates of Harvard University 
1778

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. 

From 1775 to 1825 inclusive (1) indicates the first scholar.

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  Died
Peter Adams, A.M. 1832
Rufus Greene Amory, A.M. 1833
Aaron Bancroft, A.M.; S.T.D. 1810; Fellow Am. Acad. 1839
Joseph Blaney *----
Samuel Church 1826
Nathan Dane, LL.D. 1816; Memb. Mass. Hist. Soc.; Delegate to Continental Congr. 1835
Thomas Dwight, (1); A.M.; M.C. 1819
Brown Emerson, A.M. *----
Jonathan Fay, A.M. 1811
Jonathan Freeman, A.M. 1795
Henry Gallison 1825
Henry Goodwin, A.M. 1789
Elezar James, A.M.; Tutor 1843
Joseph Jones, A.M. 1807
True Kimball, A.M. 1816
Martin Kinsley, A.M.; M.C. 1835
Cornelius Lynde, A.M. 1836
George Richards Minot, A.M.; Fellow Am. Acad.; Orig. Memb. Mass. Hist. Soc. 1802
Elisha Parmele, A.M. 1784
Phillips Payson, A.M. 1809
Asa Piper, A.M., also Yale 1782 1835
Reuben Puffer, S.T.D. 1810 1829
Henry Pynchon, A.M. *----
Ezekiel Savage, A.M. 1837
William Sever, A.M. 1798
William Spooner, A.M.; M.D. Edinb. 1785; Overseer; Fellow Am. Acad.; Memb. Mass. Hist. Soc. 1836
Ezra Stiles; A.B. Yale 1778, Dart. 1779; A.M. (Hon.) Yale 1781 1784
Job Sumner, 1785; A.M. 1785 1789
James Thomas, A.M. 1828
Jesse Tucker 1779
Nathaniel Weare 1826
Zephaniah Willis, A.M., also Yale 1789; Memb. Mass. Hist. Soc. 1847
   
* 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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