From Harvard College
Reprinted from William C. Lane, “Harvard College and Franklin,”
The Publications of the Colonial Society of
Massachusetts, X (1907), 238.
<June 16, 1772: The President and Fellows vote to extend
their thanks to Franklin for the gift of Dr. Priestley’s History
and Present State of the Discoveries Relating to Vision,
Light, and Colours (Lon don, 1772), and to request Dr. Winthrop
to forward a copy of their vote.>
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