John Harvard and his times . IES made such comfortable provision for his nightslodging. The fact that Harvards allotmentexceeded in area the plot granted to , seems indicative of the esteem hischaracter inspired, an inference which isstrengthened by the fact that in the April ofthe following year he was associated with afew of the principal men of Charlestown on acommittee appointed to consider somethingtending towards a body of laws. Harvardslibrary included several volumes relating tolegal matters, and if it were possible to com-pare the Charlestown body of laws withthose volumes it
John Harvard and his times . IES made such comfortable provision for his nightslodging. The fact that Harvards allotmentexceeded in area the plot granted to , seems indicative of the esteem hischaracter inspired, an inference which isstrengthened by the fact that in the April ofthe following year he was associated with afew of the principal men of Charlestown on acommittee appointed to consider somethingtending towards a body of laws. Harvardslibrary included several volumes relating tolegal matters, and if it were possible to com-pare the Charlestown body of laws withthose volumes it might not be difl&cult to indi-cate what part Harvard played on that com-mittee. Rude, indeed, was the temple in which Har-vard exercised his ministry at Charlestown ascompared with the churches which would beuppermost in his memory. Than the statelyfane of St. Marys at Cambridge, and thenoble gothic proportions of St. SavioursChurch, Southwark, no building could presenta more striking contrast than the crude struc- 272. ^v I f^^r- =: %1 m-. m^: /?=^ ^ <4^,
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