. The Harvard book : a series of historical, biographical, and descriptive sketches. literary productions, alike by their beauty and by their purity, have charmed two generationsof readers, and who still survives in a serene old age ; the Rev. John Snelling Popkin, H. C. 1792,D. D. 1815, Professor of Greek, for which office he was so thoroughly qualified, that it might havebeen said of him (as it was formerly said of the Rev. Simon Bradstreet, H. C. 1693), that he couldwhistle Greek. He died March 2, 1852. There is a tradition that the chamber at the head of the stairs, shown in the engraving,
. The Harvard book : a series of historical, biographical, and descriptive sketches. literary productions, alike by their beauty and by their purity, have charmed two generationsof readers, and who still survives in a serene old age ; the Rev. John Snelling Popkin, H. C. 1792,D. D. 1815, Professor of Greek, for which office he was so thoroughly qualified, that it might havebeen said of him (as it was formerly said of the Rev. Simon Bradstreet, H. C. 1693), that he couldwhistle Greek. He died March 2, 1852. There is a tradition that the chamber at the head of the stairs, shown in the engraving, wasused as a study by the several occupants of the house, and that a hole was worn through the floorby the feet of the two Wigglesworths, under their desk. If, as there seems to be good reason to be-lieve, the house was erected by President Leverett, the same room was probably devoted by himto a similar use; and hence it is invested with the greater interest. * Hist. Harv. Univ., II. 261. t The exact date of each residence is not ascertained ; but all were between 1810 and THE OLD PARSONAGE. Jonathan Mitchel. — Extract from the Records of the Church. — Extract from the TownRecords under Date of July 5, 1669. — Resolution passed, September 9, 1669, to sell theChurchs Farm. — Building Committee chosen. — Site of the House. — Cost of construct-ing it. —Measures to build a new Parsonage in 1718.—William Stoughton invited tothe Pastorate. — Urian Oakes ordained Pastor, November 8, 1671. — Occupants of theHouse succeeding him. — Taken down in 1843. The Rev. Jonathan Mitchel, the second minister of the First Church in Cam-bridge, died on the 9th of July, a. d. 1668. In the old records of the churchthis entry is found: — Memorandum in the yeare 1669. At a publick meeting of the Church andtowne to consider of suply for the ministry (the lord having taken away thatreverant and holy man from among us Mr. Jonathan Mitchell by death). It wasagreed upon at the
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