Harvard and its surroundings . le in Congress he framed the celebrated Ordinance of 1787,by which slavery was excluded from all territory northwest of the OhioRiver. Previously to 1832 the law school (which was not established until 1817,although a legacy had been left for this purpose by Isaac Royall in 17 79)Avas in a small building opposite the present one, on the site of College House(39). The law school of Harvard was the first established in this countryin connection with a collegiate course of instruction. In 1871 the whole build-ing was moved about seventy feet southward to make room f
Harvard and its surroundings . le in Congress he framed the celebrated Ordinance of 1787,by which slavery was excluded from all territory northwest of the OhioRiver. Previously to 1832 the law school (which was not established until 1817,although a legacy had been left for this purpose by Isaac Royall in 17 79)Avas in a small building opposite the present one, on the site of College House(39). The law school of Harvard was the first established in this countryin connection with a collegiate course of instruction. In 1871 the whole build-ing was moved about seventy feet southward to make room for MatthewsHall (3), and now the south foundation wall of Dane is the same as thenorth wall of the old meeting-house, so that Law and Divinity rest here on acommon base. On the street line the first building to the left is the — 5. Old Presidents House, often called the Wadsworth House, as its firstoccupant was President Wadsworth, in 1726. It is an old-fashioned woodenstructure, situated on the north side of Harvard THAYER HALL (II).
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