. Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex. (Xo. 18,547) of ten thousand ILLIARD & METCA^L£!^^^ A formed at Cambridge o 3^ IH ^^ 3^ 1 \ CD «-? <p weretheCollege buildings were foundvery convenient for barracks;but as the greater part ofthe troops encamped duringthe summer of 1775, theywere made available for everyvariety of military offices aswell as for a certain numberof soldiers. In June CaptainSmith was ordered*to quar-ter in No. 6, and CaptainSephens in No. 2 of Massa-chusetts, while Mr. Adams,a sutler, was assigned to The commissariat was inthe College yard, where thedetails f
. Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex. (Xo. 18,547) of ten thousand ILLIARD & METCA^L£!^^^ A formed at Cambridge o 3^ IH ^^ 3^ 1 \ CD «-? <p weretheCollege buildings were foundvery convenient for barracks;but as the greater part ofthe troops encamped duringthe summer of 1775, theywere made available for everyvariety of military offices aswell as for a certain numberof soldiers. In June CaptainSmith was ordered*to quar-ter in No. 6, and CaptainSephens in No. 2 of Massa-chusetts, while Mr. Adams,a sutler, was assigned to The commissariat was inthe College yard, where thedetails from all the posts cameto draw rations. Nearly twothousand men w^ere shelteredin the five College buildingsstanding in the winter of1775 - 76, of which Harvardreceived 640, Stoughton 240,and the chapel 160. Harvard Hall, as it nowappears, was rebuilt in fire which destroyed itspredecessor was supposed tohave originated under the hearth of the library, where a fire hadbeen kept for the use of the General Court, which was then. 228 HISTORIC FIELDS AND MANSIONS OF MIDDLESEX. sitting there on account of the prevalence of small-pox in Bos-ton. Two days after this accident the General Court passeda resolve to rebuild Harvard Hall. The new edifice contained achapel, dining-hall, library, museum, philosophy chamber, andan apartment for the philosophical apparatus. Several interesting incidents are associated with the rel)uild-ing of Harvard. When the Eev. George Whitefield was firstin ]^ew England he was engaged in an acrimonious controversywith the President and some of the instructors of the learning of the loss the seminary had sustained. White-field, putting all animosities aside, solicited contributions inEngland and Scotland with generous results. On the occasionof the last visit of this celebrated preacher to America everyattention was paid him by the President and Eellows ofthe University. Dr. Appleton, who had moderately opposedWhitefields teachings, inv
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