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What personal infiusncaa Harvard came
under whiIe at Cambridge 10 almost wholly
a matter OF surmise. except a. regards his
companiOnship with John Saddler. to whom
Cromwell subsequently offered the position
Of Chief Justice Of Munster. That a cloSe
Rriendship existed between the two In de-
ducible from the fact that SaddIer's sister
was TO figure largely in Harvard's life.
Saddlor's father was vicar OF Ringmer and
In that Sussex village Harvard made tho
acquaintance of his friends sister. Ann
Saddler. who was to accompany him to
New England As his wife.
That Harvard's personal conduct at the
university had been free from blame is
demonstrated by the absence OF his name
from tho -admonitionS" That he devoted
himseR persistsntly and successfully to his
studies in manifest from his having taken
the b. A. and NJ. A. degrees within the
minimum time in which they could DO 60
cured.
Almost simultaneously with his attain
ment OF a masters degree John Harvard's
mother died. Although he was not by her
side when she gave instructions for her
will on July ?. 1885. the fact that John
Harvard had the first place In that docu-
mont indicates that he was uppermost in
his mothers thoughts. To her eldest
son. John Harvard. clerk. she gave the
inn known by the name OF the Queens
Head in the Borough OF Southwark and
also n half share in certain houses in the
parish Of All Saints Barking, on the other
side Of the Thames. which had been be-
queathed TO the testatrix by her second
husband, John Eletson. Apart from this
real estate John Harvard WAS to receive
a legacy OF ESQ. In lease Of the property
in All Saints Barking subsequently exc
Cuted by the two brothers John Harvard
describes himself as -clerke." How he
acquired the right so to designate himself
Is not known. As a general rule in the
seventeenth century the word clerk"
implied an ordained clergyman. and it's
application to John Harvard by his mother
and it's assumption by himself would seem
TO indicate that he was ordained previously
to July. 1885. That such was the case.
however. still awaits confirmation by
adequate documentary evidence.
John Harvard's marriage took place in
the year following his mothers death.
Seeing that the brides father was vicar Of
RinRmer IL would have been natural to
look for the record OF her marriage in the
register OF that parish. and it is difficult
to understand why the ceremony should
have taken place in the adjacent church Of
South Mailing. in the records Of which may
be seen this entry Married the 10th day
Of April. 1884. Mr.. John Harvard Of the
parish OF ST. Olives near London and Anne
Saddler OF RinGmer" A John Harvard
is described as of the parish Of st. Olives
it is likely that he was then residing under
his brothers roof. BY the will OF his
brother Thomas. which was made a short
time after John Harvard's marriage. the
latter became entitled TO a sum Of ECO in
cash as well as to his brothers half share
in the property at All Saints Barking.
minus ESQ a year payable TO Thomas's
widow. and to a half Of the residuary estate.
Toward tho close Of 1898 or early in
the following year John Harvard arrived
at decision to emigrate to New England.
He naturally desired therefore to realize
as much Of his property as he could. The
Queens Head. indeed, was too profitable
q source OF income TO part with; and as
the tenements at All Saints Barking. were
held conformity with his brother. who was
still living, he could not dispose Of them.
In addition. however, to his other property
John Harvard had somehow come into
the possession Of four small houses in
the parish Of st. Olives. and these he sold
to a sea captain on February 10. 1897. for
the sum OF .:l20
Il is a reasonable conjecture that ono
OF John Harvard's chief occupations during
his last few months in England was the
collection Of the books which were TO form
no inoonsiderable part OF his legacy to
the cause OF education in New England.
Il is not surprising that more than 90 per
cent. OF the books brought by Harvard
across the Atlantic were Of a theological
character. or course the works Of
Calvin found adequate representation in
the library. Such unconscious forerunners
Of the Geneva theologian as Augustine
and Thomas Aquinas also figured in his
storehOuse OF divinity. while among postum
nous adherents Zanchius and William
Ames were not overlooked. That John
Harvard, however, was more enamored
OF exegesis than OF systematic theology
seems a fair conclusion from the promi-
nence he gave in his library to commen-
taries on the Scriptures. Than Henry
Ainsworth. Hugh Broughton and John
LiRhtfoot-each Of whom was represented
In Harvard's collectiOn-there we're not in
those days three more accomplished or
profoundly erudite Rabbinical scholars.
Harvard's rArked attention 10 such works
az bore upon the text Of the Old Testa-
ment is further emphasized by the number
OF Hebrew grammars and lexicons included
In his library.
Mr.. Shelley notes that few indeed of
the 800 volumes which Harvard carried with
him to New England are continuing an
active ministry in the intellectual life Of
to-day Among the classical works, how
ever, he chose with judgment. for the
authors that figured in his library included
Homer, Plutsrch, Horace, Juvenal and
Pliny. There was also a copy OF Bacon's
Essays" but so far as the rest OF Harvard's
books are concerned it would be hard to
find one which has been thought worthy OF
republication during the last few genera
tions.
IL would be. Mr.. Shelley says, imprac-
ticable to arrive at an accurate estimate OF
the total amount which Harvard spent on
his library. That he did not spare his
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