1From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 11 September 1815 (Adams Papers)
...is a merchant in Boston. his mother being out of health was a Border with mrs Black one summer by which means this young Gentleman became acquainted in the family. he had his Education at Cambridge university, Studied Physick with the late dr Warner and is now going to Edinburgh to finish his studies there. he is a young gentleman of a fair character—by him I Send you mr Channings...
2From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 12 October 1815 (Adams Papers)
...his Father is a merchant in Boston. his mother being out of health, since dead, past a summer at mrs Blacks, by which means, this young gentleman became acquainted in our Family. he received his Education, at Cambridge university, Studied Physicks with the late Dr Warren, and is now going to Edinburgh to finish his Studies there, he is a young Gentleman of a fair character.
3From John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 14 May 1815 (Adams Papers)
...it, as mine. Yet, without it you will be exposed to innumerable dangers. What Shall I Say of dissenting Ministers, Presbyterian Parsons, Unitarian Divines, Royal Societies, Oxford and Cambridge Universities? some meddling People without my Knowledge, and to my mortification put about an Idea of electing me a member of the Royal Society. John Temple, to my great Embarrassment and...
4To James Madison from Joseph Bartlett, 21 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...those who know his political character. “Stern necessity frequently commands what delicacy in other situations would forbid.” Has never before solicited executive notice but would feel guilty remaining silent any longer. He was educated in law at “Cambridge University”
5To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Bartlett, 1 November 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
”—as the question will arise, who are you? & what are your pretensions? it becomes necessary to say—that I received my early education at Cambridge university—that I was admited to the honors of that society 1782—that I read law in Boston under the direction of the Honorable Benjamin Hichborn Esquire & that I have been in the profession ever since the year 1788—I...
6Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 31 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Cambridge University [index entry] schools and colleges; Cambridge University [index entry]
7To Thomas Jefferson from Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge, 10 October 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
...and has a high reputation for talents and learning, being known among the literary men of Boston for his able articles in the North American Review & other periodical works of the day. he was formerly Latin Tutor in Cambridge University, and is the author of a criticism upon “Pickering on Greek pronunciation,” and a review of Chalmer’s’ “Christianity in connexion with modern Astronomy.” M
8To Thomas Jefferson from Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge, 26 December 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
...not withholding your name, as we had your permission for doing so, and believed him entirely worthy of the confidence. he is, as you know, a strenuous advocate for reform in the Cambridge University, which has brought him into trouble, with many of the most distinguished men of letters here; & I have no doubt the opposition he meets with strengthens his interest in an institution based...
9Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 22 September 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
: by the middle of the eighteenth century the tripos, or Senate House examination, with a heavy emphasis on mathematics, had become the only road to a degree at Cambridge University in England (W. W. Rouse Ball,
10Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 6 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Cambridge University [index entry] schools and colleges; Cambridge University [index entry]