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Graduates of Harvard University 
1758 - 1759

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. 

1758

  Died
John Foxcroft, A.M. 1802
Samuel Danforth, A.M.; M.D. (Hon.) 1790; Fellow Am. Acad.; Cor. Memb. Med. Soc. (London) 1827
Thomas Hutchinson, A.M. 1811
Daniel Oliver, A.M. 1768
Thomas Wentworth, A.M. 1768
Daniel Epes, A.M. 1799
Samuel Moffatt, A.M. 1780
Leonard Williams, A.M. 1799
Samuel Frink, A.M. 1771
Joshua Wingate Weeks, A.M. 1804
John Tucke, A.M. 1777
Samuel Payson, A.M. 1763
William Russell, A.M. 1815
Oakes Shaw, A.M. 1807
David Wyer, A. M. 1776
Isaac Foster, A.M. 1781
Aaron Hall, A.M. 1787
Simeon Howard, A.M.; S. T. D. Edinb. 1785; Tutor; Fellow; Fellow Am. Acad. 1804
Daniel Noyes, A.M. 1815
Peter Russell, A.M. 1806
Amos Toppan, A.M. 1771
William Perkins, A.M. 1765
Thomas Fessenden, A.M. 1813
Josiah Bridge, A.M. 1801
Joseph How, A.M. 1762
John Treadwell, A.M. 1811
Job Whitney 1761
Roland Green, A.M. 1808
Joseph Pearson, A.M. 1823
Eliab Stone, A.M. 1822
Samuel Dix, A.M. 1797

 
1759

Jonathan Trumbull, A.M.; LL.D. Yale 1797; Cor. Memb. Mass. Hist. Soc.; Fellow Am. Acad.; Gov. Conn.; M.C. (Speaker); Senator U.S. 1809
Samuel Allyne Otis, A.M.; Del. to Continental Congr 1814
Benjamin Pickman, also A.B. Yale 1759; A.M. 1819
Edmund Dana, A.M. 1823
Samuel Cotton, A.M. 1819
William Clark, A.M. 1815
Abiel Leonard, A.M.; S.T.D. Coll. N. J. 1777 1778
Paine Wingate, A.M.; Just Supr. Court N. H.; Delegate to Continental Congr. ; M.C.; Sen. U.S.  1838
Thomas Wells White, A.M. 1815
John Avery, also A. B. Yale 1759; A.M. 1806
Paul Coffin, A.M.; S.T.D. 1812 1821
Charles Coffin, A.M. 1821
Samuel Gardner 1762
Daniel Jones, A.M. 1786
Edward Church, A.M. *----
John Gorham 1761
Nathan Davies, A.M. 1803
John Pickering, A.M.; Fellow Am. Acad. 1811
Justin Ely, also A.B. Yale 1759; A.M. 1817
Samuel Fisk, A.M. 1777
Lemuel Hedge, also A.B. Yale 1759, A.M. 1777
Micah Lawrence, A.M. 1794
Moses Putnam, A.M. 1801
Nathan Goodale, A.M. 1806
Joseph Warren, A.M.; Maj.-Gen. Mass. Troops; Pres. Prov. Congr. Mass 1775
Benjamin Hobbs 1765
Ebenezer Taylor 1760
Amos Moody, A.M. 1819
Samuel Kingsbury, A.M. 1778
John Whittier, A.M. 1786
Phineas Whitney, A.M. 1819
Zabdiel Adams, A.M. 1801
Daniel Stimpson, A.M. 1768
Gyles Merrill, A.M. 1801
Edward Russell, A.M. 1785
 *  Deceased  
   

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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