Excerpt from Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Vol. 1: 1642-1658 Previously to that time, the preparation of the copy for the printer, in which I had occasionally rendered some assistance, had usually been made in a few hours. It was only to add the new names and degrees, to prefix stars to the names of the deceased, and to italicize those of ordained ministers; the information being derived chiefly from the Commencement programmes and annual catalogues, and the memoranda of a few gleaners to whom inter leaved copies had been sent. The usual course was pursued in preparing the edition of 1842; but particular attention was given to the filling out of the middle names, to the affixing of dates to all the honorary degrees and those out of course, whether conferred by Harvard or other colleges, and to making such corrections and additions as were discovered on a careful examination of the Records of the University. The manuscript memoranda were transferred to an interleaved copy of the Catalogue of 1839, and, with the accompanying letters, constituted the nucleus of the collection of materials for these Sketches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.