John Harvard and his times . le under Harvards will. Nor, itseems, did the General Court lack at least theintention of requiting Mr. Allens some old records in England is pre-served an extract from the minutes of theBoston General Court, which states that onMay 22nd, 1668, the court granted to five hundred acres in regard of gift. It is true that no confirma- 279 JOHN HARVARD AND HIS TIMES tion of this gift is to be found in the ColonialRecords, but the existence of the copy of theminute surely proves that the matter must havebeen before the General Court. M
John Harvard and his times . le under Harvards will. Nor, itseems, did the General Court lack at least theintention of requiting Mr. Allens some old records in England is pre-served an extract from the minutes of theBoston General Court, which states that onMay 22nd, 1668, the court granted to five hundred acres in regard of gift. It is true that no confirma- 279 JOHN HARVARD AND HIS TIMES tion of this gift is to be found in the ColonialRecords, but the existence of the copy of theminute surely proves that the matter must havebeen before the General Court. Mr. Allenhad returned to England sixteen years pre-viously, and although he had long completedhis services in connection with Harvards leg-acy, it is evident that their value had not beenforgotten. Or, rather, perhaps this intendedgrant of land witnesses to the fact that thethirty years which had elapsed since Harvardsdeath had revealed to a new generation thereal value of his generous gift. S80 VIIITHE PRAISE OF JOHN HARVARD. [E HARVARD MONUMENT AT CHARLESTOWN UN THE SLiiPv)SEi) SITE OE UlSGRAVE IN THE PHIPPS STREET BURYING GROUND. —Pw^re 283.
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