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Sibley's Harvard Graduates

Sibley's Harvard Graduates is a vital reference series for any student of colonial America and the New Republic. Beginning with the first class to graduate (in 1642), to date, the volumes contain biographical sketches of every one of the students who attended Harvard College through 1774, in many cases providing the most extensive synthesis of data available anywhere.

"A treasure house of information, especially for the social history of colonial New England."—Michael G. Kammen

Additional Resources:

Harvard University Archives has transcribed John Langdon Sibley's diary (known as Sibley's private journal), 1846-1882 (HUG 1791.72.10). The transcriptions are available on their website.
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Ordering Information

All volumes are hardbound and sell for $50.00 apiece. These volumes, and standing orders for future volumes, are available from the Society. To order, contact the Publications department at publications@masshist.org, or call 617-646-0513.

Information about the Volumes

Volume 18, the Classes of 1772-1774. By Conrad Edick Wright and Edward W. Hanson (1999).
Sketches include painter John Trumbull and orator Fisher Ames.
Pp. xxxiv, 565, illus., index.

Volume 17, the Classes 1768-1771. By Clifford K. Shipton (1975).
Sketches include Dr. John Warren, Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons, and Gov. Winthrop Sargent of the Mississippi Territory.
Pp. x, 724, illus., index.

Volume 16, the Classes of 1764-1767. By Clifford K. Shipton (1972).
Sketches include Gov. Caleb Strong and Harvard president Joseph Willard.
Pp. 598, illus., index.

Volume 15, the Classes of 1761-1763. By Clifford K. Shipton (1970).
Sketches include MHS Founder Rev. Jeremy Belknap and Secretary of State Timothy Pickering.
Pp. 540, illus., index.

Volume 14, the Classes of 1756-1760. By Clifford K. Shipton (1968).
Sketches include Dr. Joseph Warren, chocolate manufacturer James Baker, and Dr. Samuel Danforth.
Pp. 720, illus., index.

Volume 13, the Classes of 1751-1755. By Clifford K. Shipton (1965).
Sketches include Pres. John Adams, Gov. John Hancock, and Harvard president Samuel Locke.
Pp. 725, illus., index.

Volume 12, the Classes of 1746-1750. By Clifford K. Shipton (1962).
Sketches include the Hon. Robert Treat Paine and teacher Samuel Moody.
Pp. x, 634, illus., index.

Volume 11, the Classes of 1741-1745. By Clifford K. Shipton (1960).
Sketches include patriot James Otis, Rev. Jonathan Mayhew, and Gov. James Bowdoin.
Pp. xiv, 649, illus., index.

Volume 10, the Classes of 1736-1740. By Clifford K. Shipton (1958).
Sketches include Gov. Samuel Adams, Rev. Andrew Eliot, and Harvard president Samuel Langdon.
Pp. xi, 581, illus., index.

Volume 9, the Classes of 1731-1735. By Clifford K. Shipton (1956).
Sketches include Prof. John Winthrop, scientist, and Gen. Timothy Ruggles.
Pp. xv, 659, illus., index.

Volume 8, the Classes of 1726-1730. By Clifford K. Shipton (1951).
Sketches include Gov. Thomas Hutchinson, the Hon. Peter Oliver, Chief Justice of Massachusetts, and Gov. Jonathan Trumbull of Connecticut.
Pp. xii, 856, illus., index.

Volume 7, the Classes of 1722-1725. By Clifford K. Shipton (1945).
Sketches include Lt. Gov. Andrew Oliver, the lawyer Jeremiah Gridley, Esq., and the Episcopal priest Samuel Seabury.
Pp. x, 705, illus., index.

Volume 6, the Classes of 1713-1721. By Clifford K. Shipton (1942).
Sketches include Arminian ministers Rev. Charles Chauncy and Rev. Ebenezer Gay and the mathematician Prof. Isaac Greenwood.
Pp. xii, 641, illus., index.

Volume 5, the Classes of 1701-1712. By Clifford K. Shipton (1937).
Sketches include Harvard president Edward Holyoke, Yale rector Timothy Cutler, and Rev. Nathaniel Appleton.
Pp. xii, 710, illus., index.

Volume 4, the Classes of 1690-1700. By Clifford K. Shipton (1933).
Sketches include Harvard tutor Henry Flynt and Gov. Jonathan Belcher.
Pp. x, 574, illus., index.

Volume 3, the Classes of 1678-1689. By John Langdon Sibley (1885; available in reprint).
Sketches include Rev. Cotton Mather and Gov. Gordon Saltonstall of Connecticut.
Pp. viii, 457, index.

Volume 2, the Classes of 1659-1677. By John Langdon Sibley (1881; available in reprint).
Sketches include Judge Samuel Sewall and Rev. Samuel Willard.
Pp. viii, 557, index.

Volume 1, the Classes of 1642-1658. By John Langdon Sibley (1873; available in reprint).
Sketches include Rev. Michael Wigglesworth and Rev. Increase Mather.
Pp. xx, 618, index.



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